The CodeIgniter blog has posted another community spotlight by one of its members - this time it's Mathew Davies (author of the Redux Auth library) talking about hashing.

He talks about how several topics are used in his Redux library including hashing, salts, a method for getting/resetting a forgotten password and how to use database sessions to manage users logged in.

The Redux Authentication System is a "great CodeIgniter Auth library. It's light, easy to use and fully featured. It's a great choice for your new or existing project due to the power it gives to the developer".

The CodeIgniter blog has spotlighted another member of their community in a recent post - Elliot Haughin.

This week, our Community Voice author is Elliot Haughin who discovered CodeIgniter in 2006 and instantly became a huge fan of its DRY-MVC-OO-MATYCSASA (More Acronyms Than You Can Shake A Stick At) - sleek, efficient, and (worryingly) sexy coding practices. He went on to produce a series of coding screencasts dedicated to exploring the power and simplicity of the CodeIgniter Framework.

His article, "CodeIgniter is a heck of a can opener", talks about how the framework "just works" when it comes to most tasks and some of the tasks he's done with it. Check out the audio that comes along with it too.