C# SHA-1 vs. PHP SHA-1...Different Results?

Question

I am trying to calculate a SHA-1 Hash from a string, but when I calculate the string using php's sha1 function I get something different than when I try it in C#. I need C# to calculate the same string as PHP (since the string from php is calculated by a 3rd party that I cannot modify). How can I get C# to generate the same hash as PHP? Thanks!!!

String = [email protected]

C# Code (Generates d32954053ee93985f5c3ca2583145668bb7ade86)

        string encode = secretkey + email;
        UnicodeEncoding UE = new UnicodeEncoding();
        byte[] HashValue, MessageBytes = UE.GetBytes(encode);
        SHA1Managed SHhash = new SHA1Managed();
        string strHex = "";

        HashValue = SHhash.ComputeHash(MessageBytes);
        foreach(byte b in HashValue) {
            strHex += String.Format("{0:x2}", b);
        }

PHP Code (Generates a9410edeaf75222d7b576c1b23ca0a9af0dffa98)

sha1();

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/790232/c-sharp-sha-1-vs-php-sha-1-different-results

Answer 1

Use ASCIIEncoding instead of UnicodeEncoding. PHP uses ASCII charset for hash calculations.