man MD5 () - Perl interface to the MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm

NAME

MD5 - Perl interface to the MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm

SYNOPSIS

 use MD5;


 $context = new MD5;
 $context->reset();


 $context->add(LIST);
 $context->addfile(HANDLE);


 $digest = $context->digest();
 $string = $context->hexdigest();


 $digest = MD5->hash(SCALAR);
 $string = MD5->hexhash(SCALAR);

DESCRIPTION

The CWMD5 module is depreciated. Use CWDigest::MD5 instead.

The current CWMD5 module is just a wrapper around the CWDigest::MD5 module. It is provided so that legacy code that rely on the old interface still work and get the speed benefit of the new module.

In addition to the methods provided for CWDigest::MD5 objects, this module provide the class methods MD5->hash() and MD5->hexhash() that do the same as the md5() and md5_hex() functions provided by CWDigest::MD5.

SEE ALSO

Digest::MD5