generateId

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Make a control key with the string containing data.

Syntax

string generateId ( $data, $controlType )

$data	string	is a string from which to create the control key.
$controlType	string	is a string containing the type of control. This can be ‘md5’, ‘crc32’ or ‘strlen’. This parameter is optional and if omitted defaults to ‘md5’.

Example

$cache =& JFactory::getCache();

echo "Control key of JClass: " . $cache->generateId( 'JClass', 'crc32' );

might produce:

Result

Control key of JClass:  -173455057