[PHP] md5() and string-length?

2004-01-09 Thread Michael Müller
Hi, is anybody here who knows the max_length of a string which is encoded by md5()? thx, Michael Berlin, Germany -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] md5() and string-length?

2004-01-09 Thread Peter Vertes
It's always a 32 character string. http://us4.php.net/manual/en/function.md5.php -Peter On Fri, 2004-01-09 at 11:30, Michael Mller wrote: Hi, is anybody here who knows the max_length of a string which is encoded by md5()? thx, Michael Berlin, Germany -- perl -e 'print pack(H*,

Re: [PHP] md5() and string-length?

2004-01-09 Thread Michael Müller
mhm, I think there was a missunderstanding ;) I want to know, how long the input-string could be (so that the encoded strings, that you get, are unique) Michael

Re: [PHP] md5() and string-length?

2004-01-09 Thread Brad Pauly
On Fri, 2004-01-09 at 10:29, Michael Mller wrote: mhm, I think there was a missunderstanding ;) I want to know, how long the input-string could be (so that the encoded strings, that you get, are unique) I don't think there is a limit, theoretically. In practice you might have other constraints

Re: [PHP] md5() and string-length?

2004-01-09 Thread Jason Wong
On Saturday 10 January 2004 01:29, Michael Müller wrote: mhm, I think there was a missunderstanding ;) I want to know, how long the input-string could be (so that the encoded strings, that you get, are unique) Basically, as long as you like (within memory constraints). -- Jason Wong -

RE: [PHP] md5() and string-length?

2004-01-09 Thread Julien Wadin
No limit for the input string -Message d'origine- De : Michael Müller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoyé : vendredi 9 janvier 2004 18:29 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: [PHP] md5() and string-length? mhm, I think there was a missunderstanding ;) I want to know, how long the input-string

Re: [PHP] md5() and string-length?

2004-01-09 Thread Mike Migurski
mhm, I think there was a missunderstanding ;) I want to know, how long the input-string could be (so that the encoded strings, that you get, are unique) In theory, you are limited by the fact that the MD5 message digest is 128 bits long, so collisions are /possible/, but not /probable/. In

Re: [PHP] md5() and string-length?

2004-01-09 Thread Peter Vertes
Sorry my bad; I read your post but I didn't understand it fully. I agree with the others; there is no theoretical limit (only physical like available memory, disk space, etc..) to the size of a string which you can pass to the md5() function. -Pete On Fri, 2004-01-09 at 12:29, Michael Mller