PHP sha1 Function
What is sha1 Function?
Explanation
In PHP this function is used to calculate the sha1 hash of a string.
Syntax:
sha1(string,raw)
The above syntax specifies the "string" to calculate sha1 hash and "raw" specifies the output format by default its hexa decimal, if the value is true then the output will be in binary format.
Example :
<?php
$str = "HIOX INDIA";
echo sha1($str);
?>
Result :
fd38d62ecce120361fd81d1b33d4664da461c265
In the above example a string "HIOX INDIA" is encrypted in sha1 algorithm.