MD5 Encryption

namespace [[AppName]].Helpers
{
    static public class Helper
    {
 
		/// <summary>
		/// Returns string into an MD5 encrypted 32 character string
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="originalText">Extended Method, the original text value</param>
		/// <returns>MD5 encrypted string</returns>
        static public string ToEncodeMD5(this string originalText)
        {
            System.Security.Cryptography.MD5CryptoServiceProvider x = new System.Security.Cryptography.MD5CryptoServiceProvider();
            byte[] data = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(originalText);
            data = x.ComputeHash(data);
            string ret = "";
            for (int i = 0; i < data.Length; i++)
                ret += data[i].ToString("x2").ToLower();
            return ret;
        }
    }
}