note 108724 added to imagick.getimagesignature

The getImageSignature function returns the SHA-256 hash value, which is 256 bits (or 32 bytes) in length. SHA-256 is part of the SHA-2 set of cryptographic hash functions designed by the NSA, which also includes SHA-224, SHA-384, and SHA-512. According to Wikipedia, there are some security flaws in it similar to the set of SHA-1 hash functions, which should be fixed with SHA-3, eventually. Unlike MD5 or the SHA-1 set of cryptographic functions, SHA-2 has had no collisions discovered yet (a collision is an incident where two different pieces of data result in the same hash value from the hashing function). For the time being, it seems to be the most efficient method for creating a small (32-byte), uniquely-identifiable, generally-secure value for either a file or a piece of data. Some sample code : <?php // Author: holdoffhunger@gmail.com // Imagick Type // --------------------------------------------- $imagick_type = new Imagick(); // Open File // --------------------------------------------- $file_to_grab = "image_workshop_directory/test.bmp"; $file_handle_for_viewing_image_file = fopen($file_to_grab, 'a+'); // Grab File // --------------------------------------------- $imagick_type->readImageFile($file_handle_for_viewing_image_file); // Get Image SHA-256 Signature / Hash Value // --------------------------------------------- $imagick_type_signature = $imagick_type->getImageSignature(); // Print Image Signature / Hash Value // --------------------------------------------- print($imagick_type_signature); ?> Results of this done on a standard BMP image : cb2f387a7b23d11340ad1f5ba9c765125ea6b2d50a0d25412abe1ce568adac68 ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 68.9.137.178 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/imagick.getimagesignature.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/108724 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108724/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108724/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108724/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108724/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108724/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108724/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108724 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/108724 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php