md5() function in php gives different result than md5sum on linux

baikonur · 08-24-2006, 04:23 AM

when I run this on my command line:

Code:

echo apple | md5sum

I get:

Code:

30c6677b833454ad2df762d3c98d2409

whereas the result of this PHP-Code

Code:

	$md5test=md5('apple');
	echo	$md5test;

is

Code:

1f3870be274f6c49b3e31a0c6728957f

I deliberately took the example of the manual and verified it on my apache-server, the result is the same. Then again, I cross-checked the output of md5sum with a md5-generator on the internet, and got that checksum again. Both functions, the php-function and the command-line program use RFC 1321.

Why are there two outputs for the very same string?

Any hint would be nice!