phpldapadmin/app/helpers.php

<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Arr;

function login_attr_description(): string
{
	return Arr::get(config('ldap.login.attr'),login_attr_name());
}

function login_attr_name(): string
{
	return key(config('ldap.login.attr'));
}

/**
 * Used to generate a random salt for crypt-style passwords. Salt strings are used
 * to make pre-built hash cracking dictionaries difficult to use as the hash algorithm uses
 * not only the user's password but also a randomly generated string. The string is
 * stored as the first N characters of the hash for reference of hashing algorithms later.
 *
 * @param int $length The length of the salt string to generate.
 * @return string The generated salt string.
 * @throws \Random\RandomException
 */
function random_salt(int $length): string
{
	$str = bin2hex(random_bytes(ceil($length/2)));
	if ($length%2 === 1)
		return substr($str,0,-1);

	return $str;
}