BE_MessageDigest

BE_MessageDigest ( text {; algorithm ; encoding } )

Returns a hash value generated by the MD5 or SHA functions from the text given, and optional encoding.

Version : 1.2
Version : 3.0 : added the optional encoding parameter.

Parameters :
text : the text to process.
algorithm ( optional ) : The type of hashing function to use. Default is to use BE_MessageDigestAlgorithmSHA256. 
encoding ( optional ) : Possible values are BE_EncodingHex or BE_EncodingBase64 with no encoding being the default.

Result : the output of the hash function specified.

Possible values for the DigestType are, and their numeric equivalents :

BE_MessageDigestAlgorithmMD5		1
BE_MessageDigestAlgorithmSHA256		2
BE_MessageDigestAlgorithmMDC2		4
BE_MessageDigestAlgorithmSHA		6
BE_MessageDigestAlgorithmSHA1		7
BE_MessageDigestAlgorithmSHA224		8
BE_MessageDigestAlgorithmSHA384		9
BE_MessageDigestAlgorithmSHA512		10

Possible values for the Encoding and their numeric equivalents :

BE_EncodingHex				1
BE_EncodingBase64			2

Examples :

BE_MessageDigest ( $text )
BE_MessageDigest ( $text ; BE_MessageDigestTypeMD5 )
BE_MessageDigest ( $text ; BE_MessageDigestTypeSHA256 ; BE_EncodingBase64 )
BE_MessageDigest ( $text ; 2 ; 1 ) // BE_MessageDigestAlgorithm_SHA256 and BE_EncodingHex