Description
int 
crc32 ( string str )
     Generates the cyclic redundancy checksum polynomial of 32-bit
     lengths of the str. This is usually used
     to validate the integrity of data being transmitted.
    
     Because PHP's integer type is signed, and many crc32 checksums will
     result in negative integers, you need to use the "%u" formatter of
     sprintf() or printf() to get
     the string representation of the unsigned crc32 checksum.
    
     This second example shows how to print a converted checksum with the
     printf() function:
     
| Example 1. Displaying a crc32 checksum | 
<?php$checksum = crc32("The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.");
 printf("%u\n", $checksum);
 ?>
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     See also md5() and sha1().