sodium_crypto_generichash_init
(PHP 7 >= 7.2.0, PHP 8)
sodium_crypto_generichash_init — Initialize a hash for streaming
Description
$key
= "", int $length
= SODIUM_CRYPTO_GENERICHASH_BYTES
): stringThe initialization method for the streaming generichash API.
Parameters
-
key
-
The generichash key.
-
length
-
The expected output length of the hash function.
Return Values
Returns a hash state, serialized as a raw binary string.
Examples
Example #1 sodium_crypto_generichash_init() example
<?php
$messages = [random_bytes(32), random_bytes(32), random_bytes(16)];
$state = sodium_crypto_generichash_init('', 32);
foreach ($messages as $message) {
sodium_crypto_generichash_update($state, $message);
}
$final = sodium_crypto_generichash_final($state, 32);
var_dump(sodium_bin2hex($final));
$allAtOnce = sodium_crypto_generichash(implode('', $messages));
var_dump(sodium_bin2hex($allAtOnce));
?>
The above example will output something similar to:
string(64) "a2939a9163cb7c796ec28e01028489e72475c136b2697ea59e3e760ab4a8ab20" string(64) "a2939a9163cb7c796ec28e01028489e72475c136b2697ea59e3e760ab4a8ab20"