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Last updated: Thu, 26 Jun 2008

sha1

(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5, PECL hash:1.1-1.3)

sha1 — Calculate the sha1 hash of a string

Description

string sha1 ( string $str [, bool $raw_output ] )

Calculates the sha1 hash of str using the » US Secure Hash Algorithm 1.

Parameters

str

The input string.

raw_output

If the optional raw_output is set to TRUE, then the sha1 digest is instead returned in raw binary format with a length of 20, otherwise the returned value is a 40-character hexadecimal number. Defaults to FALSE.

Return Values

Returns the sha1 hash as a string.

ChangeLog

Version Description
5.0.0 The raw_output parameter was added.

Examples

Example #1 A sha1() example

<?php
$str
= 'apple';

if (
sha1($str) === 'd0be2dc421be4fcd0172e5afceea3970e2f3d940') {
   echo
"Would you like a green or red apple?";
   exit;
}
?>



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