hash

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.2, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL hash >= 1.1)

hashGenerate a hash value (message digest)

Description

hash(
    string $algo,
    string $data,
    bool $binary = false,
    array $options = []
): string

Parameters

algo

Name of selected hashing algorithm (i.e. "md5", "sha256", "haval160,4", etc..). For a list of supported algorithms see hash_algos().

data

Message to be hashed.

binary

When set to true, outputs raw binary data. false outputs lowercase hexits.

options

An array of options for the various hashing algorithms. Currently, only the "seed" parameter is supported by the MurmurHash variants.

Return Values

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

Changelog

Version Description
8.1.0 The options parameter has been added.
8.0.0 hash() now throws a ValueError exception if algo is unknown; previously, false was returned instead.

Examples

Example #1 A hash() example

<?php
echo hash('ripemd160''The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.');
?>

The above example will output:

ec457d0a974c48d5685a7efa03d137dc8bbde7e3

See Also

  • hash_file() - Generate a hash value using the contents of a given file
  • hash_hmac() - Generate a keyed hash value using the HMAC method
  • hash_init() - Initialize an incremental hashing context
  • md5() - Calculate the md5 hash of a string
  • sha1() - Calculate the sha1 hash of a string

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