php md5 algorithm that gives same result as c#

Question

i have a hashing algorithm in C#, in a nutshell, it is:

string input = "asd";

System.Security.Cryptography.MD5 alg = System.Security.Cryptography.MD5.Create();
System.Text.UTF8Encoding enc = new System.Text.UTF8Encoding();


byte[] hash = alg.ComputeHash(enc.GetBytes(input));
string output = Convert.ToBase64String(hash);

// outputs:   eBVpbsvxyW5olLd5RW0zDg==
Console.WriteLine(output);

Now I need to replicate this behaviour in php,

$input = "asd";
$output = HashSomething($input);
echo $output;

How can I achieve it?

I checked

md5
utf8_decode
utf8_encode
base64_encode
base64_decode
url_decode

but i noted the php md5 doesn't get the == on the end... what am I missing?

NOTE: I cannot change C# behaviour because it's already implemented and passwords saved in my db with this algorithm.

John Downey · Accepted Answer · 2009-05-04T20:24:34.153

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The issue is PHP's md5() function by default returns the hex variation of the hash where C# is returning the raw byte output that must then be made text safe with base64 encoding. If you are running PHP5 you can use base64_encode(md5('asd', true)). Notice the second parameter to md5() is true which makes md5() return the raw bytes instead of the hex.

edited May 04 '09 at 20:24

answered May 04 '09 at 20:19

John Downey

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The true flag for md5 only exists in PHP5 or higher. In earlier versions you would need to call the pack function. – jmucchiello May 04 '09 at 20:57

Factor Mystic · Answer 2 · 2009-05-04T20:29:52.033

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Did you remember to base64 encode the md5 hash in php?

$result = base64_encode(md5($password, true));

The second parameter makes md5 return raw output, which is the same as the functions you're using in C#

edited May 04 '09 at 20:29

answered May 04 '09 at 20:16

Factor Mystic

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Darn. You bet me... The == is usually from the Base64 encoding, you are doing with Convert.ToBase64String() is that what you are missing? – David McEwing May 04 '09 at 20:17
Yeah, but how can I achieve it on php? what function should I use? – Jhonny D. Cano -Leftware- May 04 '09 at 20:19

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered May 04 '09 at 20:18

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Your C# code takes the UTF8 bytes from the string; calculates md5 and stores as base64 encoded. So you should do the same in php, which should be:

$hashValue = base64_encode(md5(utf8_decode($inputString)))

answered May 04 '09 at 20:18

driis

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score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 22 '12 at 15:42

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it should be like as below for php

 php -r "echo base64_encode(md5(utf8_encode('asd'),true));"

edited Mar 22 '12 at 15:42

Juan Mellado

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answered Mar 22 '12 at 15:25

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 09 '10 at 10:04

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I had the same issue...using just md5($myvar) it worked. I am getting the same result C# and PHP.

answered Mar 09 '10 at 10:04

RRG

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score -1 · Answer 6 · edited Feb 09 '12 at 17:53

Gavin Kendall posted helped me. I hope this helps others.

http://jachman.wordpress.com/2006/06/06/md5-hash-keys-with-c/

public static string MD5Hash(string text)
{
    System.Security.Cryptography.MD5 md5 = new System.Security.Cryptography.MD5CryptoServiceProvider();
    return System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Replace(BitConverter.ToString(md5.ComputeHash(ASCIIEncoding.Default.GetBytes(text))), “-”, “”);
}

php md5 algorithm that gives same result as c#

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