md5
PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8
md5 - Calculate the md5 hash of a string
md5(
string$string,
[bool$binary = false] ): string
Calculates the MD5 hash of string using the RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm, and returns that hash.
Parameters
- string
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The string.
- binary
-
If the optional binary is set to true, then the md5 digest is instead returned in raw binary format with a length of 16.
Return Values
Returns the hash as a 32-character hexadecimal number.