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const sha256 = require( 'js-sha256' );
function getGravatarURL( email ) {
// Trim leading and trailing whitespace from
// an email address and force all characters
// to lower case
const address = String( email ).trim().toLowerCase();
// Create a SHA256 hash of the final string
const hash = sha256( address );
// Grab the actual image URL
return `https://gravatar.com/avatar/${ hash }`;
}
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function get_gravatar_url( $email ) {
// Trim leading and trailing whitespace from
// an email address and force all characters
// to lower case
$address = strtolower( trim( $email ) );
// Create an SHA256 hash of the final string
$hash = hash( 'sha256', $address );
// Grab the actual image URL
return 'https://gravatar.com/avatar/' . $hash;
}
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