wp_generate_auth_cookie()

Generate authentication cookie contents.

Signature

wp_generate_auth_cookie( $user_id, $expiration, $scheme = 'auth' )

user_id

 (int) User ID

expiration

 (int) Cookie expiration in seconds

scheme

 (string) Optional. The cookie scheme to use: auth, secure_auth, or logged_in
Default: 'auth'

Return

(string) Authentication cookie contents

Source

function wp_generate_auth_cookie($user_id, $expiration, $scheme = 'auth') {
	$user = get_userdata($user_id);

	$pass_frag = substr($user->user_pass, 8, 4);

	$key = wp_hash($user->user_login . $pass_frag . '|' . $expiration, $scheme);
	$hash = hash_hmac('md5', $user->user_login . '|' . $expiration, $key);

	$cookie = $user->user_login . '|' . $expiration . '|' . $hash;

	return apply_filters('auth_cookie', $cookie, $user_id, $expiration, $scheme);
}

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