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sodium_crypto_generichash_init

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sodium_crypto_generichash_initInitialize a hash for streaming

Description

sodium_crypto_generichash_init(string $key = "", int $length = SODIUM_CRYPTO_GENERICHASH_BYTES): string

The initialization method for the streaming generichash API.

Parameters

key

The generichash key.

length

The expected output length of the hash function.

Return Values

Returns a hash state, serialized as a raw binary string.

Examples

Example #1 sodium_crypto_generichash_init() example

<?php
$messages
= [random_bytes(32), random_bytes(32), random_bytes(16)];
$state = sodium_crypto_generichash_init('', 32);
foreach (
$messages as $message) {
sodium_crypto_generichash_update($state, $message);
}
$final = sodium_crypto_generichash_final($state, 32);
var_dump(sodium_bin2hex($final));
$allAtOnce = sodium_crypto_generichash(implode('', $messages));
var_dump(sodium_bin2hex($allAtOnce));
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

string(64) "a2939a9163cb7c796ec28e01028489e72475c136b2697ea59e3e760ab4a8ab20"
string(64) "a2939a9163cb7c796ec28e01028489e72475c136b2697ea59e3e760ab4a8ab20"
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