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# hash_hmac_file

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hash_hmac_file -- Generate a keyed hash value using the HMAC method and the contents of a given file

## Description

string hash_hmac_file ( string algo, string filename, string key [, bool raw_output] )

## Parameters

algo

  Name of selected hashing algorithm (i.e. "md5", "sha256", "haval160,4", etc..)

filename

  URL describing location of file to be hashed; Supports fopen wrappers.

key

  Shared secret key used for generating the HMAC variant of the message digest.

raw_output

  When set to `TRUE`, outputs raw binary data. Default value (`FALSE`) outputs lowercase hexits.

## Return Values

Returns a string containing the calculated message digest as lowercase hexits unless raw_output is set to true in which case the raw binary representation of the message digest is returned.

## Examples

Example 1. hash_hmac_file() example
`<?php /* Create a file to calculate hash of */ file_put_contents('example.txt', 'The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.'); echo hash_hmac_file('md5', 'example.txt', 'secret'); ?>`
The above example will output:
    7eb2b5c37443418fc77c136dd20e859c

## See Also

hash_hmac()
hash_file()

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