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need to calculate MD5 for a file - richb201 - 08-08-2018
Prior to sending it to amazon S3. Is there some way to calcuate the MD5 value in CI?
RE: need to calculate MD5 for a file - php_rocs - 08-08-2018
@richb201,
Here you go ( http://php.net/manual/en/function.md5-file.php ). You could just create a simple helper to call the function.
RE: need to calculate MD5 for a file - richb201 - 08-08-2018
thanks. Do I need a helper?
RE: need to calculate MD5 for a file - php_rocs - 08-08-2018
@richb201,
You actually do not need a helper it was just a suggestion.
RE: need to calculate MD5 for a file - InsiteFX - 08-09-2018
it's built into PHP, you could create a helper if you wanted to.