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PHP function md5()

Calculate the md5 hash of a string

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September 11, 2019

Availability in PHP 4.0

Calculate the md5 hash of a string

Parameters

Parameter Data type Default value Note
$str string not The string.
$raw_output bool null If the optional raw_output is set to true, then the md5 digest is instead returned in raw binary format with a length of 16.

Return values

string

The hash as a 32-character hexadecimal number.

Other resources

Official md5 documentation

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