diff --git a/resources/functions.php b/resources/functions.php
index 70cb9372ba..99c845a7af 100644
--- a/resources/functions.php
+++ b/resources/functions.php
@@ -2147,7 +2147,7 @@ function number_pad($number,$n) {
 		}
 	}
 
-//add a random_bytes function when it doesn't exist for older versions of PHP
+//add a random_bytes function when it doesn't exist for old versions of PHP
 	if (!function_exists('random_bytes')) {
 		function random_bytes($length) {
 			$charset .= "0123456789";
@@ -2162,4 +2162,16 @@ function number_pad($number,$n) {
 		}
 	}
 
+//add a hash_equals function when it doesn't exist for old versions of PHP
+	if (!function_exists('hash_equals')) {
+		function hash_equals($var1, $var2) {
+			if ($var1 == $var2) {
+				return true;
+			}
+			else {
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 ?>