sha1.xml

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<refentry xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="function.sha1">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>sha1</refname>
  <refpurpose>Calculate the sha1 hash of a string</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 
 <refsynopsisdiv>
  &warn.passwordhashing;
 </refsynopsisdiv>
 
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>string</type><methodname>sha1</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>string</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>bool</type><parameter>binary</parameter><initializer>&false;</initializer></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <simpara>
   Calculates the sha1 hash of <parameter>string</parameter> using the
   <link xlink:href="&url.rfc;3174">US Secure Hash Algorithm 1</link>.
  </simpara>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>string</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The input string.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>binary</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       If the optional <parameter>binary</parameter> is set to &true;,
       then the sha1 digest is instead returned in raw binary format with a
       length of 20, otherwise the returned value is a 40-character
       hexadecimal number.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns the sha1 hash as a string.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title>A <function>sha1</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$str = 'apple';

if (sha1($str) === 'd0be2dc421be4fcd0172e5afceea3970e2f3d940') {
    echo "Would you like a green or red apple?";
}
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>hash</function></member>
    <member><function>password_hash</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>
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