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+<?php
+/**
+*
+* @package phpBB3
+* @copyright (c) 2013 phpBB Group
+* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License v2
+*
+*/
+
+/**
+* @ignore
+*/
+if (!defined('IN_PHPBB'))
+{
+	exit;
+}
+
+/**
+* @package crypto
+*/
+class phpbb_crypto_helper
+{
+	/**
+	* @var phpbb_crypto_manager
+	*/
+	protected $manager;
+
+	/**
+	* Construct a phpbb_crypto_helper object
+	*
+	* @param phpbb_crypto_manager $manager Crypto manager object
+	*/
+	public function __construct($manager)
+	{
+		$this->manager = $manager;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	* Get hash settings from combined hash
+	*
+	* @param string $hash Password hash of combined hash
+	*
+	* @return array An array containing the hash settings for the hash
+	*		types in successive order as described by the comined
+	*		password hash
+	*/
+	protected function get_combined_hash_settings($hash)
+	{
+		preg_match('#^\$([a-zA-Z0-9\\\]*?)\$#', $hash, $match);
+		$hash_settings = substr($hash, strpos($hash, $match[1]) + strlen($match[1]) + 1);
+		foreach ($match as $cur_type)
+		{
+			$dollar_position = strpos($hash_settings, '$');
+			$output[] = substr($hash_settings, 0, ($dollar_position != false) ? $dollar_position : strlen($hash_settings));
+			$hash_settings = substr($hash_settings, $dollar_position + 1);
+		}
+
+		return $output;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	* Check combined password hash against the supplied password
+	*
+	* @param string $password Password entered by user
+	* @param array $stored_hash_type An array containing the hash types
+	*				as described by stored password hash
+	* @param string $hash Stored password hash
+	*
+	* @return bool True if password is correct, false if not
+	*/
+	public function check_combined_hash($password, $stored_hash_type, $hash)
+	{
+		$cur_hash = '';
+		$i = 0;
+		$data = array(
+			'prefix' => '$',
+			'settings' => '$',
+		);
+		$hash_settings = $this->get_combined_hash_settings($hash);
+		foreach ($stored_hash_type as $key => $hash_type)
+		{
+			$rebuilt_hash = $this->rebuild_hash($hash_type->get_prefix(), $hash_settings[$i]);
+			$this->combine_hash_output($data, 'prefix', $key);
+			$this->combine_hash_output($data, 'settings', $hash_settings[$i]);
+			$cur_hash = $hash_type->hash($password, $rebuilt_hash);
+			$password = str_replace($rebuilt_hash, '', $cur_hash);
+			$i++;
+		}
+		return ($hash === $this->combine_hash_output($data, 'hash', $password));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	* Combine hash prefixes, settings, and actual hash
+	*
+	* @param array $data Array containing the keys 'prefix' and 'settings'.
+	*			It will hold the prefixes and settings
+	* @param string $type Data type of the supplied value
+	* @param string $value Value that should be put into the data array
+	*
+	* @return string|none Return complete combined hash if type is neither
+	*			'prefix' nor 'settings', nothing if it is
+	*/
+	protected function combine_hash_output(&$data, $type, $value)
+	{
+		if ($type == 'prefix')
+		{
+			$data[$type] .= ($data[$type] !== '$') ? '\\' : '';
+			$data[$type] .= $value;
+		}
+		elseif ($type == 'settings')
+		{
+			$data[$type] .= ($data[$type] !== '$') ? '$' : '';
+			$data[$type] .= $value;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			// Return full hash
+			return $data['prefix'] . $data['settings'] . '$' . $value;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	* Rebuild hash for hashing functions
+	*
+	* @param string $prefix Hash prefix
+	* @param string $settings Hash settings
+	*
+	* @return string Rebuilt hash for hashing functions
+	*/
+	protected function rebuild_hash($prefix, $settings)
+	{
+		$rebuilt_hash = $prefix;
+		if (strpos($settings, '\\') !== false)
+		{
+			$settings = str_replace('\\', '$', $settings);
+		}
+		$rebuilt_hash .= $settings;
+		return $rebuilt_hash;
+	}
+}