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md5_file()

md5_file - Calculates the md5 hash of a given file

Syntax

string md5_file (string $filename, bool $raw_output)

Arguments

filename - The filename
raw_output - When TRUE, returns the digest in raw binary format with a length of 16.

Description

Calculates the MD5 hash of the file specified by the filename parameter using the � RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm, and returns that hash. The hash is a 32-character hexadecimal number.

Version

PHP 4.2.0, 5

Return value

Returns a string on success, FALSE otherwise.