(PHP Extension) MD5 Hash a String (such as a password string)

Demonstrates how to MD5 hash a string to get MD5 hash in hex encoded string representation. (The MD5 hash is 16 bytes, and therefore a hex encoded MD5 hash would be 32 chars.)

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<?php

// The version number (9_5_0) should match version of the Chilkat extension used, omitting the micro-version number.
// For example, if using Chilkat v9.5.0.48, then include as shown here:
include("chilkat_9_5_0.php");

$password = 'myPassword';

$crypt = new CkCrypt2();
$crypt->put_HashAlgorithm('md5');
$crypt->put_EncodingMode('hex');
$md5Hex = $crypt->hashStringENC($password);
print 'MD5 hash (as a hex string) = ' . $md5Hex . "\n";

// The hex string will be uppercase.  Your application
// can easily convert it to lowercase if desired via non-Chilkat means.

?>