How to save user password in Hash format into DB in Yii2

Question

I need to create new user. And I want to save password into hash format in DB. But I failed several times.

Here is my code:

Controller

public function actionCreate()
{
    $model = new User();

    if ($model->load(Yii::$app->request->post()) && $model->save()) {
        return $this->redirect(['view', 'id' => $model->id]);
    } else {
        return $this->render('create', [
            'model' => $model,
        ]);
    }
}

User Model

public function validatePassword($password)
{
    return Security::validatePassword($password, $this->password_hash);
}


/**
 * Generates password hash from password and sets it to the model
 *
 * @param string $password
 */


public function setPassword($password)
{
    $this->password_hash = Security::generatePasswordHash($password);
}

User Table Rules

public function rules()
{
    return [
        [['c_authkey', 'inserttime'], 'required'],
        [['c_branch', 'c_roleid', 'c_active', 'c_status'], 'integer'],
        [['c_expdate', 'inserttime', 'updatetime'], 'safe'],
        [['username', 'c_desig', 'insertuser', 'updateuser'], 'string', 'max' => 50],
        [['password'], 'string', 'max' => 32],
        [['c_authkey'], 'string', 'max' => 256],
        [['c_name'], 'string', 'max' => 100],
        [['c_cellno'], 'string', 'max' => 15],
        [['username'], 'unique']
    ];
}

What I am missing? what's the solution?

Answer 1

You are saving the unhashed password password instead of password_hash. This can be accomplished using ActiveRecord::beforeSave() to set the password value to password_hash. You should also use a different name for the password field in the form say password_field.

public function beforeSave($insert) {
    if(isset($this->password_field)) 
        $this->password = Security::generatePasswordHash($this->password_field);
    return parent::beforeSave($insert);
}