Foundation for Check Password and password functions - only Clear is currently implemented

app/Classes/LDAP/Attribute/Password.php

@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ namespace App\Classes\LDAP\Attribute;
 
 use Illuminate\Contracts\View\View;
 use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
+use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 
+use App\Classes\LDAP\Attribute\Password\Base;
 use App\Classes\LDAP\Attribute;
 use App\Traits\MD5Updates;
 
@@ -14,6 +16,52 @@ use App\Traits\MD5Updates;
 final class Password extends Attribute
 {
 	use MD5Updates;
+	private const password_helpers = 'Classes/LDAP/Attribute/Password';
+	public const commands = 'App\\Classes\\LDAP\\Attribute\\Password\\';
+
+	private static function helpers(): Collection
+	{
+		$helpers = collect();
+
+		foreach (preg_grep('/^([^.])/',scandir(app_path(self::password_helpers))) as $file) {
+			if (($file === 'Base.php') || (! str_ends_with(strtolower($file),'.php')))
+				continue;
+
+			$class = self::commands.preg_replace('/\.php$/','',$file);
+			if ($helpers->count())
+				$helpers->push('');
+
+			$helpers = $helpers
+				->merge([$class::id()=>$class]);
+		}
+
+		return $helpers;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the object that will process a password
+	 *
+	 * @param string $id
+	 * @return Base|null
+	 */
+	public static function hash(string $id): ?Attribute\Password\Base
+	{
+		return ($helpers=static::helpers())->has($id) ? new ($helpers->get($id)) : NULL;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Given an LDAP password syntax {xxx}yyyyyy, this function will return xxx
+	 *
+	 * @param string $password
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public static function hash_id(string $password): string
+	{
+		$m = [];
+		preg_match('/^{([A-Z]+)}(.*)$/',$password,$m);
+
+		return Arr::get($m,1,'Clear');
+	}
 
 	public function render(bool $edit=FALSE,bool $old=FALSE,bool $new=FALSE): View
 	{
@@ -21,7 +69,8 @@ final class Password extends Attribute
 			->with('o',$this)
 			->with('edit',$edit)
 			->with('old',$old)
-			->with('new',$new);
+			->with('new',$new)
+			->with('helpers',static::helpers()->map(fn($item,$key)=>['id'=>$key,'value'=>$key]));
 	}
 
 	public function render_item_old(int $key): ?string