hash_hmac (PHP) vs hex_hmac_sha1 (Javascript)

Question

Im new here and I have question.

Could you tell me why hex_hmac_sha1 (function in Javascript) is not working as well as hash_hmac (function in PHP).

If it's A-z letter its all ok but its not ok for other characters.

For example:

Javascript

<script type="text/javascript" src="https://online.ingbank.pl/mobi/js/sha1.js"></script>
<script>
document.write(hex_hmac_sha1("1492343027",'a')+"<br />");
document.write(hex_hmac_sha1("1492343027",'ą')+"<br />");
document.write(hex_hmac_sha1("1492343027",'c')+"<br />");
document.write(hex_hmac_sha1("1492343027",'ć')+"<br />");
</script>

output:

f75d4cbfbfda2476a9c92fff10fdf0e726ee06ab
206e608ecaf23a9575ca81a86e3afd72eca243a0
73e0dc1dd914b1386a5f2624883caad41025da07
86dc107aac5cb5c17a846defd651a3eb53d66a44

PHP

echo hash_hmac("sha1", 'a', "1492343027").'<br />'; 
echo hash_hmac("sha1", 'ą', "1492343027").'<br />'; 
echo hash_hmac("sha1", 'c', "1492343027").'<br />'; 
echo hash_hmac("sha1", 'ć', "1492343027").'<br />'; 

output:

f75d4cbfbfda2476a9c92fff10fdf0e726ee06ab
8b353bb4c891d73ae9be09d0653e2564e0dff243
73e0dc1dd914b1386a5f2624883caad41025da07
52278a6e8676e8f3c667082411cfa04519c4bab1

For 'a' and 'c' its all ok but what is going on with 'ą' and 'ć'?

Thanks for help

Answer 1

The difference between the PHP and JS implementation is, that PHP handles the UTF-8 string as as 8-bit chars, while in JS each char is represented by Unicode.

Please give this a try:

hash_hmac("sha1", 'ą', "1492343027") == hex_hmac_sha1("1492343027",'\xC4\x85')

JSFIDDLE

UTF 8 hex from - http://www.charbase.com/0105-unicode-latin-small-letter-a-with-ogonek

JS

hex_hmac_sha1("1492343027",'ą')        = 206e608ecaf23a9575ca81a86e3afd72eca243a0
hex_hmac_sha1("1492343027",'\xC4\x85') = 8b353bb4c891d73ae9be09d0653e2564e0dff243

Escape your Unicode on JS side...

PHP

hash_hmac("sha1", 'ą', "1492343027");        = 8b353bb4c891d73ae9be09d0653e2564e0dff243
hash_hmac("sha1", "\xC4\x85", "1492343027"); = 8b353bb4c891d73ae9be09d0653e2564e0dff243