Re: [PHP] Hashing strings

2005-02-17 Thread Gerard Samuel
Jason Barnett wrote: Gerard Samuel wrote: ... Im trying to determine if md5() would be the fastest, *cheapest* solution. ... What Im looking for is something where the generated hashes can be reproduced. For example, md5('foo') today, will be equal to md5('foo') tomorrow. Thanks

Re: [PHP] Hashing strings

2005-02-17 Thread Jason Barnett
Gerard Samuel wrote: ... >>> Im trying to determine if md5() would be the fastest, >>> *cheapest* solution. ... > What Im looking for is something where the generated hashes can > be reproduced. > For example, md5('foo') today, will be equal to md5('foo') tomorrow. > Thanks AFAIK crc32() is the fa

Re: [PHP] Hashing strings

2005-02-17 Thread Gerard Samuel
Richard Lynch wrote: Gerard Samuel wrote: Im currently using md5() to hash strings to be used, as an id for a cache system. Im trying to determine if md5() would be the fastest, *cheapest* solution. The only native php functions that I know of are md5() and sha1(). Are there any other native php

Re: [PHP] Hashing strings

2005-02-17 Thread Richard Lynch
Gerard Samuel wrote: > Im currently using md5() to hash strings to be used, > as an id for a cache system. > Im trying to determine if md5() would be the fastest, > *cheapest* solution. > The only native php functions that I know of are md5() and sha1(). > Are there any other native php functions t

[PHP] Hashing strings

2005-02-17 Thread Gerard Samuel
Im currently using md5() to hash strings to be used, as an id for a cache system. Im trying to determine if md5() would be the fastest, *cheapest* solution. The only native php functions that I know of are md5() and sha1(). Are there any other native php functions that hash strings? Thanks -- PHP G