function drupal_get_hash_salt

Gets a salt useful for hardening against SQL injection.

Return value

A salt based on information in settings.php, not in the database.

8 calls to drupal_get_hash_salt()
drupal_generate_test_ua in includes/bootstrap.inc
Generates a user agent string with a HMAC and timestamp for simpletest.
drupal_get_token in includes/common.inc
Generates a token based on $value, the user session, and the private key.
drupal_valid_test_ua in includes/bootstrap.inc
Returns the test prefix if this is an internal request from SimpleTest.
file_managed_file_process in modules/file/file.module
Process function to expand the managed_file element type.
file_managed_file_value in modules/file/file.module
The #value_callback for a managed_file type element.

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File

includes/bootstrap.inc, line 2649

Code

function drupal_get_hash_salt() {
    global $drupal_hash_salt, $databases;
    // If the $drupal_hash_salt variable is empty, a hash of the serialized
    // database credentials is used as a fallback salt.
    return empty($drupal_hash_salt) ? hash('sha256', serialize($databases)) : $drupal_hash_salt;
}

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