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md5_file(3) [php man page]

MD5_FILE(3)								 1							       MD5_FILE(3)

md5_file - Calculates the md5 hash of a given file

SYNOPSIS
string md5_file (string $filename, [bool $raw_output = false]) DESCRIPTION
Calculates the MD5 hash of the file specified by the $filename parameter using the RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm, and returns that hash. The hash is a 32-character hexadecimal number. PARAMETERS
o $filename - The filename o $raw_output - When TRUE, returns the digest in raw binary format with a length of 16. RETURN VALUES
Returns a string on success, FALSE otherwise. CHANGELOG
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+ |Version | | | | | | | Description | | | | +--------+---------------------------------------------------+ | 5.1.0 | | | | | | | Changed the function to use the streams API. It | | | means that you can use it with wrappers, like | | | md5_file('http://example.com/..') | | | | +--------+---------------------------------------------------+ EXAMPLES
Example #1 Usage example of md5_file(3) <?php $file = 'php-5.3.0alpha2-Win32-VC9-x64.zip'; echo 'MD5 file hash of ' . $file . ': ' . md5_file($file); ?> SEE ALSO
md5(3), sha1_file(3), crc32(3). PHP Documentation Group MD5_FILE(3)

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SHA1(3) 								 1								   SHA1(3)

sha1 - Calculate the sha1 hash of a string

SYNOPSIS
string sha1 (string $str, [bool $raw_output = false]) DESCRIPTION
Calculates the sha1 hash of $str using the US Secure Hash Algorithm 1. PARAMETERS
o $str - The input string. o $raw_output - If the optional $raw_output is set to TRUE, then the sha1 digest is instead returned in raw binary format with a length of 20, otherwise the returned value is a 40-character hexadecimal number. RETURN VALUES
Returns the sha1 hash as a string. EXAMPLES
Example #1 A sha1(3) example <?php $str = 'apple'; if (sha1($str) === 'd0be2dc421be4fcd0172e5afceea3970e2f3d940') { echo "Would you like a green or red apple?"; } ?> NOTES
Note Secure password hashing It is not recommended to use this function to secure passwords, due to the fast nature of this hashing algorithm. See here for details. SEE ALSO
sha1_file(3), crc32(3), md5(3), hash(3), crypt(3), password_hash(3). PHP Documentation Group SHA1(3)
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