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Hash File: SHA-1, HAVAL, MD2, MD5, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512

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Computing the hash for a file of any size.

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<?php

// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$crypt = new COM("Chilkat.Crypt2");

// Any type of file may be hashed.
// There is  no size limitation because the file is consumed
// in streaming mode internally.

$filename = 'something.zip';

$crypt->HashAlgorithm = 'sha1';
$crypt->EncodingMode = 'hex';

// Other possible EncodingMode settings are: 
// "quoted-printable", "base64", "base32", and "url"

$hash = $crypt->hashFileENC($filename);
print 'SHA1:' . "\n";
print $hash . "\n";

// Hash using MD2
$crypt->HashAlgorithm = 'md2';
$hash = $crypt->hashFileENC($filename);
print 'MD2:' . "\n";
print $hash . "\n";

// Hash using MD5
$crypt->HashAlgorithm = 'md5';
$hash = $crypt->hashFileENC($filename);
print 'MD5:' . "\n";
print $hash . "\n";

// Hash using SHA-256
$crypt->HashAlgorithm = 'sha256';
$hash = $crypt->hashFileENC($filename);
print 'SHA256:' . "\n";
print $hash . "\n";

// Hash using SHA-384
$crypt->HashAlgorithm = 'sha384';
$hash = $crypt->hashFileENC($filename);
print 'SHA384:' . "\n";
print $hash . "\n";

// Hash using SHA-512
$crypt->HashAlgorithm = 'sha512';
$hash = $crypt->hashFileENC($filename);
print 'SHA512:' . "\n";
print $hash . "\n";

// Hash using HAVAL
// There are two additional properties relevant to HAVAL:
// HavalRounds, and KeyLength.
// HavalRounds can have values of 3, 4, or 5.
// KeyLength can have values of 128, 160, 192, 224, or 256
$crypt->HashAlgorithm = 'haval';
$crypt->HavalRounds = 5;
$crypt->KeyLength = 256;
$hash = $crypt->hashFileENC($filename);
print 'Haval:' . "\n";
print $hash . "\n";

?>