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PHP 7 Data Structures and Algorithms
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PHP 7 Data Structures and Algorithms

by Mizanur Rahman
May 2017
Intermediate to advanced
340 pages
8h 16m
English
Packt Publishing
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Hashing

Hashing is one of the most important aspects of modern-day programming. In terms of data security and privacy, hashing plays a key role in computer cryptography. We do not feel comfortable to keep our data unsafe and open for all. PHP has several built-in hashing functions. Let's quickly go through them:

  • md5: This calculates the md5 hash of a given string. It will generate 32 characters unique hash for each of the provided string. Hashing is one way, which means, there is no function to decrypt the hashed string to actual string.
  • sha1: This function calculates the sha1 hash of a given string. The generated hash is 40 characters in length. Like md5, sha1 is also a one way hashing. If we set the second parameter to be true, then the ...
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