Martin,
based on
http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Security_Features_Overview#Generating_password_sha
what's wrong about php's sha1() function?
$ php -r "echo sha1('foobar');"
8843d7f92416211de9ebb963ff4ce28125932878
it's the same result as stated there for erlang, ruby & python :)
Regards
Stefan
On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 4:33 AM, Martin Hewitt <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm writing a build process in Phing, part of which involves creating a new
> CouchDB user. I'm having trouble logging in as the created user and have an
> inkling that it's down to the SHA1 encryption of the password and salt, as
> the Security wiki page is quite specific about what SHA1s work and which ones
> don't.
>
> My question is - does anyone know if there's a way to generate a
> CouchDB-friendly SHA1 hash in PHP?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Martin
