RIPEMD Hash a String

Demonstrates how to RIPEMD hash a string using RIPEMD-128, RIPEMD-160, RIPEMD-256, and RIPEMD-320.

 Chilkat Perl Module Downloads for Windows, Linux, and MAC OS X

use chilkat();

$crypt = new chilkat::CkCrypt2();

#  Any string argument automatically begins the 30-day trial.
$success = $crypt->UnlockComponent("30-day trial");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $crypt->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$content = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";

#  The desired output is a hexidecimal string:
$crypt->put_EncodingMode("hex");

#  Set the hash algorithm:
$crypt->put_HashAlgorithm("ripemd128");

$hashStr = $crypt->hashStringENC($content);

print $hashStr . "\r\n";

#  The output is:
#  FD2AA607F71DC8F510714922B371834E

$crypt->put_HashAlgorithm("ripemd160");
$hashStr = $crypt->hashStringENC($content);
print $hashStr . "\r\n";

#  The output is:
#  F71C27109C692C1B56BBDCEB5B9D2865B3708DBC

$crypt->put_HashAlgorithm("ripemd256");
$hashStr = $crypt->hashStringENC($content);
print $hashStr . "\r\n";

#  The output is:
#  649D3034751EA216776BF9A18ACC81BC7896118A5197968782DD1FD97D8D5133

$crypt->put_HashAlgorithm("ripemd320");
$hashStr = $crypt->hashStringENC($content);
print $hashStr . "\r\n";

#  The output is:
#  CABDB1810B92470A2093AA6BCE05952C28348CF43FF60841975166BB40ED234004B8824463E6B009