md5

(PHP 3, PHP 4 )

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(), md5_file(), and sha1().