Joomla 3.2.1 password encryption

Question

When the user register on the site , and I look in the database joomla_users in the password table, there are password stored in the following formats:

• $P$D

Answer 1

With David Fritsch answer I get to do a encrypted password as Joomla does:

initialise();

    jimport('joomla.user.helper');
    $password = "test";     
    echo "Password: " . JUserHelper::hashPassword($password);
?>

Note that you have to store the file in joomla root directory, or change JPATH_BASE.