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What is the functionality of md5 function in PHP?

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Question added by Julfkar Moh Umar , Sr. Software Engineer , Aakash Edutech Private Limited
Date Posted: 2016/01/27
Rehan Farooq
by Rehan Farooq , WEB DEVELOPER/DIGITAL MARKETING EXPERT , Upwork

The md5 ( string $str ). Calculates the MD5 hash of str using the RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm, and returns that hash.

Julfkar  Moh Umar
by Julfkar Moh Umar , Sr. Software Engineer , Aakash Edutech Private Limited

The md5 function in PHP is used to calculate the md5 hash of a string. It is commonly used to encrypt a string. string is the string to be encrypted.

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