Help with 1 line of php code: $md5 = md5($host & "VSSLIGHTBOX007");

[cmggarf]

Hello,

I am trying to determine what this one line of code in php does so I can then convert it to vb.net.

Code: $md5 = md5($host & "VSSLIGHTBOX007");

Assume: $host = "www.facebook.com"
Can you tell me what that one line of code does?
Can you convert it to vb.net... and assume md5 is a working vb.net function.

Thanks.

[NogDog]

& is the bitwise 'and' operator. So that line is generating a binary string based on that bitwise comparison of whatever is in $host and the string to the right of the operator, and then hashing the resultant value via md5() and assigning that result to the $md5 variable.