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Simple method to check the Pwned Passwords API using PHP
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| <?php | |
| /** | |
| * Simple method to use the API from https://www.troyhunt.com/ive-just-launched-pwned-passwords-version-2/ | |
| * Written by Jim Westergren and released to public domain | |
| * @return int count | |
| */ | |
| function checkPawnedPasswords(string $password) : int | |
| { | |
| $sha1 = strtoupper(sha1($password)); | |
| $data = file_get_contents('https://api.pwnedpasswords.com/range/'.substr($sha1, 0, 5)); | |
| if (FALSE !== strpos($data, substr($sha1, 5))) { | |
| $data = explode(substr($sha1, 5).':', $data); | |
| $count = (int) $data[1]; | |
| } | |
| return $count ?? 0; | |
| } |
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