<?php
define('PASSWORD_ENCRYPTION', "bcrypt"); 
define('PASSWORD_SHA512_ITERATIONS', 25000); 
define('PASSWORD_BCRYPT_COST', "13"); 

define('PASSWORD_SALT', "/8Wncr26eAmxD1l6cAF9F8"); //22 characters to be appended on first 7 characters that will be generated using PASSWORD_ info above
// your code goes here

echo hashPassword("test123abc");

 function hashPassword($password) {
    //this salt will be used in both algorithms
    //for bcrypt it is required to look like this,
    //for sha512 it is not required but it can be used 
    $salt = "$2a$" . PASSWORD_BCRYPT_COST . "$" . PASSWORD_SALT;

    if(PASSWORD_ENCRYPTION == "bcrypt") {
        $newPassword = crypt($password, $salt);
    }
    else {
        $newPassword = $password;
        for($i=0; $i<PASSWORD_SHA512_ITERATIONS; $i++)
            $newPassword = hash('sha512',$salt.$newPassword.$salt);
    }

    return $newPassword;
 }

?>