de></em>.
    <em class="parameter"><code>type</code></em> is the algorithm to use.
    Standard algorithms are <code class="literal">md5</code>, <code class="literal">sha1</code>,
    <code class="literal">sha224</code>, <code class="literal">sha256</code>,
    <code class="literal">sha384</code> and <code class="literal">sha512</code>.
    Moreover, any digest algorithm <span class="productname">OpenSSL</span> supports
    is automatically picked up.
   </p><p>
    If you want the digest as a hexadecimal 