md5-file.xml

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<refentry xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="function.md5-file">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>md5_file</refname>
  <refpurpose>Calculates the md5 hash of a given file</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type class="union"><type>string</type><type>false</type></type><methodname>md5_file</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>filename</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>bool</type><parameter>binary</parameter><initializer>&false;</initializer></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Calculates the MD5 hash of the file specified by the
   <parameter>filename</parameter> parameter using the
   <link xlink:href="&url.rfc;1321">RSA Data Security, Inc. 
   MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm</link>, and returns that hash.
   The hash is a 32-character hexadecimal number.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>filename</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The filename
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>binary</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       When &true;, returns the digest in raw binary format with a length of
       16.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns a string on success, &false; otherwise.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title>Usage example of <function>md5_file</function></title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$file = 'php-5.3.0alpha2-Win32-VC9-x64.zip';

echo 'MD5 file hash of ' . $file . ': ' . md5_file($file);
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>md5</function></member>
    <member><function>sha1_file</function></member>
    <member><function>crc32</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>
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