PHP hash_file function

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hash_file

(no version information, might be only in CVS)

hash_file — Generate a hash value using the contents of a given fileDescriptionstring hash_file ( string algo, string filename [, bool raw_output] )

Parameters

algo

Name of selected hashing algorithm (i.e. “md5″, “sha256″, “haval160,4″, etc..)

filename

URL describing location of file to be hashed; Supports fopen wrappers.

raw_output

When set to TRUE, outputs raw binary data.
Default value (FALSE) outputs lowercase hexits.


Return Values

Returns a string containing the calculated message digest as lowercase hexits
unless raw_output is set to true in which case the raw
binary representation of the message digest is returned.

Examples

Example 1. Using hash_file()

/* Create a file to calculate hash of */
file_put_contents('example.txt', 'The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.');
 
echo hash_file('md5', 'example.txt');

The above example will output:

5c6ffbdd40d9556b73a21e63c3e0e904

See Also

hash()hash_hmac_file()hash_update_file()


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2.26.07 / 1am
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