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| hash_init hash_init    (no version information, might be only in CVS) hash_init -- Initialize an incremental hashing contextDescriptionresource hash_init  ( string algo [, int options, string key] )Parameters
    algo
       Name of selected hashing algorithm (i.e. "md5", "sha256", "haval160,4", etc..)
      options
       Optional settings for hash generation, currently supports only one option:
       HASH_HMAC.  When specified, the key
       must be specified.
      key
       When HASH_HMAC is specified for options,
       a shared secret key to be used with the HMAC hashing method must be supplied in this
       parameter.
      
Examples
    | Example 1. Incremental hashing example | 
<?php$ctx = hash_init('md5');
 hash_update($ctx, 'The quick brown fox ');
 hash_update($ctx, 'jumped over the lazy dog.');
 echo hash_final($ctx);
 ?>
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 The above example will output: | 5c6ffbdd40d9556b73a21e63c3e0e904 | 
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