PHP Manual: Generate a hash value using the contents of a given file

Description

string hash_file ( string $algo , string $filename [, bool $raw_output = false ] )

Parameters

algo: Name of selected hashing algorithm (i.e. "md5", "sha256", "haval160,4", etc..)
filename: URL describing location of file to be hashed; Supports fopen wrappers.
raw_output: When set to TRUE, outputs raw binary data. FALSE outputs lowercase hexits.

Return Values

Returns a string containing the calculated message digest as lowercase hexits unless raw_output is set to true in which case the raw binary representation of the message digest is returned.

Examples

Example #1 Using hash_file


<?php
/* Create a file to calculate hash of */
file_put_contents('example.txt', 'The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.');

echo hash_file('md5', 'example.txt');
?>

The above example will output:

5c6ffbdd40d9556b73a21e63c3e0e904

hash_file

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