note 99843 added to function.mhash

From: Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 06:37:49 +0000
Subject: note 99843 added to function.mhash
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---Quote--- Easier way: md5($str, true) == mhash(MHASH_MD5, $str) sha1($str, true) == mhash(MHASH_SHA1, $str) ---/Quote--- Actually, mhash is often used to generate a keyed hash value. So 'md5($str, true)' is not a good decision. Instead of this, you can use hash_hmac: hash_hmac("md5", $str, $key, true) which is an equivalent for mhash(MHASH_MD5, $str, $key). ---- Server IP: 64.71.164.2 Probable Submitter: 83.234.124.243 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mhash.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/99843 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99843/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99843/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99843/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99843/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99843/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99843/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99843 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/99843 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php

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