Newscoop\Entity\User::checkPassword PHP Method

    public function checkPassword($password)
    {
        if (sizeof(explode(self::HASH_SEP, $this->password)) != 3) {
            // fallback
            if ($this->password == sha1($password)) {
                // update old password on success
                $this->setPassword($password);
                return true;
            }
            return false;
        }
        list($algo, $salt, $password_hash) = explode(self::HASH_SEP, $this->password);
        return $password_hash === hash($algo, $salt . $password);
    }

 public function checkPassword($password)
 {
     $this->__load();
     return parent::checkPassword($password);
 }