mhash_get_hash_name

string mhash_get_hash_name(const hash)

Gets the name of the specified hash algorithm.

Returns:

Name of the specified hash algorithm; FALSE on error

Description:

mhash_get_hash_name() gets the name of the specified hash algorithm. In PHP, the name of the hash normally has 'MHASH_' prepended. This function returns the actual name of the hash; it could be used to determine what hash algorithms are available.

Version:

Existing since versions 3.0.9 and 4.0

Example:

Print the names of available hash algorithms
<?php 
$hashcount = mhash_count(); 
for ($i = 0; $i <= $hashcount; $i++) {
    printf("%s\n",mhash_get_hash_name($i)); 
} 
?>

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