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Query: md5_file

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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)
Related Man Pages
hash_final(3) - php
sha1(3) - php
sha1_file(3) - php
md5(3) - minix
md5(1) - plan9
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