Re: Re: sha256(), sha256_file(), and other hashing algos

Assuming that sha256 is always going to be the best default is pretty short-sighted. It's only a matter of time before that one is partially broken in some way too; we won't be able to change the default value of the function by then, because everyone using the default will have code that depends on sha256, and voila, we've gotten locked into something that might not be so desirable. Default values should be avoided unless they're *always* going to make sense. --Wez. On 11/18/05, Roman Ivanov <gamblergluck@yahoo.com> wrote: > Sara Golemon wrote: > > string hash(string $algo, string $value[,$raw=false]) > > string hash_file(string $algo, string $filename[,$raw=false]) > > Hm... hash(string $value[, $algo='sha256' [,$raw=false]])? > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >