note 71177 added to function.md5

Agreed, tszming at gmail dot com. I did my own test using simple (letters) and complex (letters, numbers, symbols) strings of short, (6 characters), medium (a sentence), and long (three paragraphs) lengths. Overall, using <?php echo bin2hex( md5( $str, TRUE ) ); ?> versus just <?php echo md5( $str ); ?> ranges between 2x and 3x faster and yet return identical results. Good catch. ---- Server IP: 64.71.164.2 Probable Submitter: 69.180.200.126 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.md5.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/71177 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71177/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71177/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71177/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71177/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71177/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71177/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71177 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/71177 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php