Here is something you might wanna try.
/**
* Check for correct password
*
* @param string $password The password in plain text
* @param string $hash The stored password hash
*
* @return bool Returns true if the password is correct, false if not.
*/
function check_hash($password, $hash)
{
if (strlen($password) > 4096)
{
// If the password is too huge, we will simply reject it
// and not let the server try to hash it.
return false;
}
$itoa64 = './0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz';
if (strlen($hash) == 34)
{
return (_hash_crypt_private($password, $hash, $itoa64) === $hash) ? true : false;
}
return (md5($password) === $hash) ? true : false;
}