* * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE * file that was distributed with this source code. */ namespace Symfony\Component\Security\Core\Util; /** * String utility functions. * * @author Fabien Potencier */ class StringUtils { /** * This class should not be instantiated */ private function __construct() {} /** * Compares two strings. * * This method implements a constant-time algorithm to compare strings. * Regardless of the used implementation, it will leak length information. * * @param string $knownString The string of known length to compare against * @param string $userInput The string that the user can control * * @return bool true if the two strings are the same, false otherwise */ public static function equals($knownString, $userInput) { $knownString = (string) $knownString; $userInput = (string) $userInput; if (function_exists('hash_equals')) { return hash_equals($knownString, $userInput); } $knownLen = strlen($knownString); $userLen = strlen($userInput); // Extend the known string to avoid uninitialized string offsets $knownString .= $userInput; // Set the result to the difference between the lengths $result = $knownLen - $userLen; // Note that we ALWAYS iterate over the user-supplied length // This is to mitigate leaking length information for ($i = 0; $i < $userLen; $i++) { $result |= (ord($knownString[$i]) ^ ord($userInput[$i])); } // They are only identical strings if $result is exactly 0... return 0 === $result; } }