title: What is a good alternative to SHA1 hashing for password storage?
body: <p>I have a website which uses SHA1 hashing for passwords. I recently read the following article which argued not to use SHA1 for passwords since SHA1 was never designed to protect passwords: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/08/passwords-under-assault/4/" rel="nofollow">http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/08/passwords-under-assault/4/</a></p>
  
  <p>Can you please recommend a good hasing method I can implement instead of SHA1 and please provide a link to a tutorial which describes step-by-step how to implement that encryption method using php?</p>