note 46844 added to function.md5
| From: | rikki dot tissier at gmail dot com | Date: | Mon, 25 Oct 2004 16:06:56 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 46844 added to function.md5 | ||
| Groups: | php.notes | ||
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It should be remembered that md5 is a *hashing algorithm* and *not* an encryption algorithm. md5
creates a hash representation of the data, it does not encrypt it.
It is therefore theoretically possible that 2 or more strings will generate the same hash when run
through md5().
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Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.md5.php
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