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 SHA256.
encoding ( optional ) : Possible values are BE_Encoding_Hex or BE_Encoding_Base64 with no encoding being the default.

Result : the output of the hash function specified.

Examples :

BE_MessageDigest ( $text )
BE_MessageDigest ( $text ; BE_MessageDigestTypeMD5 ) 
BE_MessageDigest ( $text ;BE_MessageDigestTypeSHA256; BE_Encoding_Base64)