php-doc-en/reference/strings/functions/md5.xml
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<refentry xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="function.md5">
<refnamediv>
<refname>md5</refname>
<refpurpose>Calculate the md5 hash of a string</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<type>string</type><methodname>md5</methodname>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>str</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>bool</type><parameter>raw_output</parameter><initializer>false</initializer></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
Calculates the MD5 hash of <parameter>str</parameter> using the
<link xlink:href="&url.rfc;1321">RSA Data Security, Inc.
MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm</link>, and returns that hash.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>str</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The string.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>raw_output</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
If the optional <parameter>raw_output</parameter> is set to &true;,
then the md5 digest is instead returned in raw binary format with a
length of 16.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
Returns the hash as a 32-character hexadecimal number.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="changelog">
&reftitle.changelog;
<para>
<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>&Version;</entry>
<entry>&Description;</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>5.0.0</entry>
<entry>
The <parameter>raw_output</parameter> parameter was added.
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example>
<title>A <function>md5</function> example</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$str = 'apple';
if (md5($str) === '1f3870be274f6c49b3e31a0c6728957f') {
echo "Would you like a green or red apple?";
}
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="notes">
&reftitle.notes;
&note.passwordhashing;
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><function>md5_file</function></member>
<member><function>sha1_file</function></member>
<member><function>crc32</function></member>
<member><function>sha1</function></member>
<member><function>hash</function></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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