sodium_crypto_generichash_init

Function • Params and return types changed in PHP 8.0

Initialize a hash for streaming.

PHP 5
PHP 7.0-7.1
PHP 7.2
Added
PHP 7.3-7.4
PHP 8.0
Improved
PHP 8.1
PHP 8.2
PHP 8.3
PHP 8.4
PHP 8.5

sodium_crypto_generichash_init Function synopsis

sodium_crypto_generichash_init(string $key = "", int $length = SODIUM_CRYPTO_GENERICHASH_BYTES): string

Parameters

$key

OptionalTypestringDefault value""

The generichash key.

$length

OptionalTypeintDefault valueSODIUM_CRYPTO_GENERICHASH_BYTES

The expected output length of the hash function.

Return value

Typestring

Returns a hash state, serialized as a raw binary string.

Changes to the sodium_crypto_generichash_init Function

PHP 8.0

  • Return type added: string
  • Parameter type added for parameter #1 ($key): string
  • Parameter default value added for position #1 ($key): ""
  • Parameter type added for parameter #2 ($length): int
  • Parameter default value added for position #2 ($length): SODIUM_CRYPTO_GENERICHASH_BYTES
- sodium_crypto_generichash_init($key, $length)
+ sodium_crypto_generichash_init(string $key = "", int $length = SODIUM_CRYPTO_GENERICHASH_BYTES): string

PHP 7.2

  • Function added

sodium_crypto_generichash_init Function Availability

PHP VersionAvailability
PHP 8.5Future Release Yes
PHP 8.4Upcoming Release Yes
PHP 8.3Supported (Latest) Yes
PHP 8.2Supported Yes
PHP 8.1Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.3Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.2Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.1Unsupported No
PHP 7.0Unsupported No
PHP 5.6Unsupported No
PHP 5.5Unsupported No
PHP 5.4Unsupported No
PHP 5.3Unsupported No