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md5

(PHP 3, PHP 4 >= 4.0.0)

md5 -- Calculate the md5 hash of a string

Description

string md5 ( string str)

Calculates the MD5 hash of str using the RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm, and returns that hash. The hash is a 32-character hexadecimal number.

See also: crc32() and md5_file()

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