PHP: Difference between hash and mhash

The function hash has replaced mhash in PHP 5. On the PHP website, it also says to mhash: "This extension is obsoulted by hash".

Mhash was an extension to PHP, which had to be installed separately and was not part of the standard PHP. However, the function hash is part of PHP.

Probably, the developers of PHP have decided to do that, because the functions are often used.

Whether the two functions are also implemented in another way, I do not know, but you can use both functions to calculate hash values.

So, if you are using an older version of PHP than PHP 5, you have to use mhash, otherwise you should use hash.
2012-07-13 at 16:44