(PHP 5 >= 5.1.2, PECL hash >= 1.1)
hash — Generate a hash value (message digest)
Name of selected hashing algorithm (i.e. "md5", "sha256", "haval160,4", etc..)
Message to be hashed.
When set to TRUE, outputs raw binary data. FALSE outputs lowercase hexits.
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.
Example #1 A hash() example
<?php
echo hash('ripemd160', 'The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.');
?>
The above example will output:
ec457d0a974c48d5685a7efa03d137dc8bbde7e3