Carenborn

Hi. Im trying to convert a Python script to PHP and I have trouble getting the same hmac hash values (hmac_signature). Python script: import hashlib import hmac import json #Pre shared secret key secret = "cd01985/813hip914Vnn04&1#11ai761" #The message I will send message = {"user_id": "Frank", "query": "Dog"} #Output message: {'user_id': 'Frank', 'query': 'Dog'} #Encode the secret using UTF-8 secret_encoded = secret.encode('utf-8') #Output secret_encoded: b'cd01985/813hip914Vnn04&1#11ai761' #Dump dict to string and encode using UTF-8 message_encoded = json.dumps(message).encode('utf-8') #Output messag_encoded: ab742454c0158c3ec8d8c9c8965381567d45bee77e6f8d9aacb2239587285f87 #Compute the HMAC hash and convert to string of hex chars hmac = hmac.new(secret_encoded, message_encoded, hashlib.sha256) #Output hmac: <hmac.HMAC object at 0x000001E05BE4BE50> hmac_signature = hmac.hexdigest() #Output hmac_signature: ab742454c0158c3ec8d8c9c8965381567d45bee77e6f8d9aacb2239587285f87 PHP: <?php //Pre shared secret key $secret = "cd01985/813hip914Vnn04&1#11ai761"; //The message I will send $message = array( 'user_id'=>"Frank", 'query'=>"Dog" ); //Output $message: Array ( [user_id] => Frank [query] => Dog ) //Encode the secret using UTF-8 $secret_encoded = utf8_encode($secret); //Output $secret_encoded: cd01985/813hip914Vnn04&1#11ai761 //Dump dict to string and encode using UTF-8 $message_encoded = json_encode($message); //Output $message_encoded: {"user_id":"Frank","query":"Dog"} $message_encoded = utf8_encode($message_encoded); //Output $message_encoded: {"user_id":"Frank","query":"Dog"} //Compute the HMAC hash and convert to string of hex chars $hmac_signature = hash_hmac('sha256', $message_encoded, $secret, false); //Output $hmac_signature: e4fd77b03cd58b174c3f6f0ad52a484386280289127f5fa7251df1686c3fb582 ?> Do anyone know what im doing wrong?