fmxslt function for MD5?

[AnFrusch@pepp]

Hello,

I'm reading the CWP guide but I cannot find a function (if it exists) which could encrypt a string using MD5.

Somebody has more information?

[Martin Brändle]

Actually, your question would belong to the XML/XSL forum.

XSLT, as the name says, is extensible. So it's possible to write own extension functions, e.g. in Java or in JavaScript or other scripting languages. How this is done is described in a tech brief that you can download from the technology section on the following FMI webpage: http://www.filemaker.com/support/whitepapers.html

You can find a MD5 algorithm written in JavaScript on http://pajhome.org.uk/crypt/md5/ , but maybe you have to google further.

When you have written such an extension function, please post the files in the XML/XSL forum. The fine thing would be that the MD5 encryption would work server-side and therefore is pretty secure.

Another way would be to go with PHP.

[AnFrusch@pepp]

thank you for your exhaustive reply,

as I need the MD5 function only to encrypt data for an e-commerce tool I decided the easier way: I send a form to a PHP script and the PHP script sends data to the web application of the bank.. I will study the FM/XML technical specification one day, but with PHP is really faster.