md5 [PHP Script]

Syntax

string md5(string $input [, bool $rawOutput = false ])

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

$input	The source content from which to compute an MD5 hash.
$rawOutput	If this is set to true, output the result as raw binary.
RETURNS	A message digest hash for the source content defined by $input or false if an error occurs.

Computes a message digest hash (MD5) for the contents defined by $input. If any error occurs, this method will return false.

// compute an MD5 hash for this script
$md5 = md5_file(__FILE__);
echo 'MD5 hash result: '.$md5;