GoLang md5

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GoLang replacement for PHP's md5 [Golang Play | edit | history]
func Md5(str string) string {
	h := md5.New()
	io.WriteString(h, str)
	return fmt.Sprintf("%x", h.Sum(nil))
}

PHP md5

PHP original manual for md5 [ show | php.net ]

md5

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

md5Calculate the md5 hash of a string

Warning

It is not recommended to use this function to secure passwords, due to the fast nature of this hashing algorithm. See the Password Hashing FAQ for details and best practices.

Description

string md5 ( string $str [, bool $raw_output = FALSE ] )

Calculates the MD5 hash of str using the » RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm, and returns that hash.

Parameters

str

The string.

raw_output

If the optional raw_output is set to TRUE, then the md5 digest is instead returned in raw binary format with a length of 16.

Return Values

Returns the hash as a 32-character hexadecimal number.

Examples

Example #1 A md5() example

<?php
$str 
'apple';

if (
md5($str) === '1f3870be274f6c49b3e31a0c6728957f') {
    echo 
"Would you like a green or red apple?";
}
?>

See Also

  • md5_file() - Calculates the md5 hash of a given file
  • sha1_file() - Calculate the sha1 hash of a file
  • crc32() - Calculates the crc32 polynomial of a string
  • sha1() - Calculate the sha1 hash of a string
  • hash() - Generate a hash value (message digest)
  • crypt() - One-way string hashing
  • password_hash() - Creates a password hash