md5

md5 — Calculate the md5 hash of a string

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 Description

string  md5 (  string $str [,  bool $raw_output = false ] )

Calculates the MD5 hash of str using the » RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm, and returns that hash.

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 Parameters

str

The string.

raw_output

If the optional raw_output is set to TRUE, then the md5 digest is instead returned in raw binary format with a length of 16.

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 Return Values

Returns the hash as a 32-character hexadecimal number.