PHP | md5_file() Function

Hello folks! welcome back to a new edition of our tutorial on PHP. In this tutorial guide, we are going to be studying about the PHP md5_file() Function.

The built-in PHP md5_file() function is used to calculate the md5 hash of a given file.

syntax

Following below is the syntax to use this function -

string md5_file ( string $filename [, bool $raw_output = false ] )

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Parameter Details

Sr.No	Parameters & Description
1	filename It contains the information about filename.
2	raw_output When TRUE, returns the digest in raw binary format with a length of 16.

Return Value

This built-in PHP function returns the string on success and false on failure.

Example

Try out the example below -

<?php
   $input = "Md5.txt";
   $md5file = md5_file($input);
   
   echo $md5file;
?>

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Alright guys! This is where we are going to be rounding up for this tutorial post. In our next tutorial, we will be studying about the PHP md5() Function.

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