diff --git a/phpstan.neon b/phpstan.neon
index 20798b5..98b9e02 100644
--- a/phpstan.neon
+++ b/phpstan.neon
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ parameters:
 		# - vendor
 	# ignore errores with
 	ignoreErrors:
+		-
+			message: '#Expression in empty\(\) is not falsy.#'
+			path: %currentWorkingDirectory%/src/Language/GetLocale.php
 		#- # this error is ignore because of the PHP 8.0 to 8.1 change for pg_*, only for 8.0 or lower
 			# message: "#^Parameter \\#1 \\$(result|connection) of function pg_\\w+ expects resource(\\|null)?, object\\|resource(\\|bool)? given\\.$#"
 			# path: %currentWorkingDirectory%/www/lib/CoreLibs/DB/SQL/PgSQL.php
diff --git a/src/Basic.php b/src/Basic.php
index c259bd7..1eb3410 100644
--- a/src/Basic.php
+++ b/src/Basic.php
@@ -1024,8 +1024,12 @@ class Basic
 	 */
 	public function __sha1Short(string $string, bool $use_sha = false): string
 	{
-		trigger_error('Method ' . __METHOD__ . ' is deprecated, use \CoreLibs\Create\Hash::__sha1Short()', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
-		return \CoreLibs\Create\Hash::__sha1Short($string, $use_sha);
+		trigger_error('Method ' . __METHOD__ . ' is deprecated, use \CoreLibs\Create\Hash::sha1Short() or ::__crc32b()', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+		if ($use_sha) {
+			return \CoreLibs\Create\Hash::sha1Short($string);
+		} else {
+			return \CoreLibs\Create\Hash::__crc32b($string);
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -1040,8 +1044,8 @@ class Basic
 	 */
 	public function __hash(string $string, string $hash_type = 'adler32'): string
 	{
-		trigger_error('Method ' . __METHOD__ . ' is deprecated, use \CoreLibs\Create\Hash::__hash()', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
-		return \CoreLibs\Create\Hash::__hash($string, $hash_type);
+		trigger_error('Method ' . __METHOD__ . ' is deprecated, use \CoreLibs\Create\Hash::hash()', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+		return \CoreLibs\Create\Hash::hash($string, $hash_type);
 	}
 
 	// *** HASH FUNCTIONS END
diff --git a/src/Create/Hash.php b/src/Create/Hash.php
index bf83afe..e408f7d 100644
--- a/src/Create/Hash.php
+++ b/src/Create/Hash.php
@@ -10,9 +10,14 @@ namespace CoreLibs\Create;
 
 class Hash
 {
+	/** @var string default short hash -> deprecated use STANDARD_HASH_SHORT */
 	public const DEFAULT_HASH = 'adler32';
+	/** @var string default long hash (40 chars) */
 	public const STANDARD_HASH_LONG = 'ripemd160';
+	/** @var string default short hash (8 chars) */
 	public const STANDARD_HASH_SHORT = 'adler32';
+	/** @var string this is the standard hash to use hashStd and hash (64 chars) */
+	public const STANDARD_HASH = 'sha256';
 
 	/**
 	 * checks php version and if >=5.2.7 it will flip the string
@@ -20,6 +25,7 @@ class Hash
 	 * hash returns false
 	 * preg_replace fails for older php version
 	 * Use __hash with crc32b or hash('crc32b', ...) for correct output
+	 * For future short hashes use hashShort() instead
 	 *
 	 * @param  string $string string to crc
 	 * @return string         crc32b hash (old type)
@@ -43,19 +49,31 @@ class Hash
 	 * replacement for __crc32b call
 	 *
 	 * @param  string $string  string to hash
-	 * @param  bool   $use_sha use sha instead of crc32b (default false)
+	 * @param  bool   $use_sha use sha1 instead of crc32b (default false)
 	 * @return string          hash of the string
+	 * @deprecated use __crc32b() for drop in replacement with default, or sha1Short() for use sha true
 	 */
 	public static function __sha1Short(string $string, bool $use_sha = false): string
 	{
 		if ($use_sha) {
-			// return only the first 9 characters
-			return substr(hash('sha1', $string), 0, 9);
+			return self::sha1Short($string);
 		} else {
 			return self::__crc32b($string);
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * returns a short sha1
+	 *
+	 * @param  string $string  string to hash
+	 * @return string          hash of the string
+	 */
+	public static function sha1Short(string $string): string
+	{
+		// return only the first 9 characters
+		return substr(hash('sha1', $string), 0, 9);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * replacemend for __crc32b call (alternate)
 	 * defaults to adler 32
@@ -65,32 +83,81 @@ class Hash
 	 * @param  string $string    string to hash
 	 * @param  string $hash_type hash type (default adler32)
 	 * @return string            hash of the string
+	 * @deprecated use hashShort() of short hashes with adler 32 or hash() for other hash types
 	 */
 	public static function __hash(
 		string $string,
-		string $hash_type = self::DEFAULT_HASH
+		string $hash_type = self::STANDARD_HASH_SHORT
+	): string {
+		return self::hash($string, $hash_type);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * creates a hash over string if any valid hash given.
+	 * if no hash type set use sha256
+	 *
+	 * @param  string $string    string to ash
+	 * @param  string $hash_type hash type (default sha256)
+	 * @return string            hash of the string
+	 */
+	public static function hash(
+		string $string,
+		string $hash_type = self::STANDARD_HASH
 	): string {
-		// if not empty, check if in valid list
 		if (
 			empty($hash_type) ||
 			!in_array($hash_type, hash_algos())
 		) {
 			// fallback to default hash type if none set or invalid
-			$hash_type = self::DEFAULT_HASH;
+			$hash_type = self::STANDARD_HASH;
 		}
 		return hash($hash_type, $string);
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Wrapper function for standard long hashd
+	 * short hash with max length of 8, uses adler32
+	 *
+	 * @param  string $string string to hash
+	 * @return string         hash of the string
+	 */
+	public static function hashShort(string $string): string
+	{
+		return hash(self::STANDARD_HASH_SHORT, $string);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Wrapper function for standard long hash
+	 *
+	 * @param string $string String to be hashed
+	 * @return string        Hashed string
+	 * @deprecated use hashLong()
+	 */
+	public static function __hashLong(string $string): string
+	{
+		return self::hashLong($string);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Wrapper function for standard long hash, uses ripmd160
 	 *
 	 * @param string $string String to be hashed
 	 * @return string        Hashed string
 	 */
-	public static function __hashLong(string $string): string
+	public static function hashLong(string $string): string
 	{
 		return hash(self::STANDARD_HASH_LONG, $string);
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * create standard hash basd on STANDAR_HASH, currently sha256
+	 *
+	 * @param  string $string string in
+	 * @return string         hash of the string
+	 */
+	public static function hashStd(string $string): string
+	{
+		return self::hash($string, self::STANDARD_HASH);
+	}
 }
 
 // __END__
diff --git a/src/DB/IO.php b/src/DB/IO.php
index 4720632..a10a089 100644
--- a/src/DB/IO.php
+++ b/src/DB/IO.php
@@ -4056,7 +4056,7 @@ class IO
 	 */
 	public function dbGetQueryHash(string $query, array $params = []): string
 	{
-		return Hash::__hashLong(
+		return Hash::hashLong(
 			$query . (
 				$params !== [] ?
 					'#' . json_encode($params) : ''
diff --git a/test/configs/config.master.php b/test/configs/config.master.php
index 2bc5001..a54dbdc 100644
--- a/test/configs/config.master.php
+++ b/test/configs/config.master.php
@@ -183,8 +183,9 @@ list($HOST_NAME) = array_pad(explode(':', $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'], 2), 2, null);
 define('HOST_NAME', $HOST_NAME);
 // BAIL ON MISSING MASTER SITE CONFIG
 if (!isset($SITE_CONFIG[HOST_NAME]['location'])) {
-	echo 'Missing SITE_CONFIG entry for: "' . HOST_NAME . '". Contact Administrator';
-	exit;
+	throw new \InvalidArgumentException(
+		'Missing SITE_CONFIG entry for: "' . HOST_NAME . '". Contact Administrator'
+	);
 }
 // BAIL ON MISSING DB CONFIG:
 // we have either no db selction for this host but have db config entries
@@ -200,8 +201,9 @@ if (
 		empty($DB_CONFIG[$SITE_CONFIG[HOST_NAME]['db_host']]))
 	)
 ) {
-	echo 'No matching DB config found for: "' . HOST_NAME . '". Contact Administrator';
-	exit;
+	throw new \InvalidArgumentException(
+		'No matching DB config found for: "' . HOST_NAME . '". Contact Administrator'
+	);
 }
 // set SSL on
 $is_secure = false;
diff --git a/test/phpunit/Create/CoreLibsCreateHashTest.php b/test/phpunit/Create/CoreLibsCreateHashTest.php
index fcab739..4eb7e69 100644
--- a/test/phpunit/Create/CoreLibsCreateHashTest.php
+++ b/test/phpunit/Create/CoreLibsCreateHashTest.php
@@ -114,6 +114,22 @@ final class CoreLibsCreateHashTest extends TestCase
 		];
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Undocumented function
+	 *
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	public function hashStandardProvider(): array
+	{
+		$hash_source = 'Some String Text';
+		return [
+			'Long Hash check: ' . \CoreLibs\Create\Hash::STANDARD_HASH => [
+				$hash_source,
+				hash(\CoreLibs\Create\Hash::STANDARD_HASH, $hash_source)
+			],
+		];
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Undocumented function
 	 *
@@ -136,9 +152,13 @@ final class CoreLibsCreateHashTest extends TestCase
 	/**
 	 * Undocumented function
 	 *
+	 * phpcs:disable Generic.Files.LineLength
 	 * @covers ::__sha1Short
+	 * @covers ::__crc32b
+	 * @covers ::sha1Short
 	 * @dataProvider sha1ShortProvider
-	 * @testdox __sha1Short $input will be $expected (crc32b) and $expected_sha1 (sha1 short) [$_dataName]
+	 * @testdox __sha1Short/__crc32b/sha1short $input will be $expected (crc32b) and $expected_sha1 (sha1 short) [$_dataName]
+	 * phpcs:enable Generic.Files.LineLength
 	 *
 	 * @param string $input
 	 * @param string $expected
@@ -149,16 +169,29 @@ final class CoreLibsCreateHashTest extends TestCase
 		// uses crc32b
 		$this->assertEquals(
 			$expected,
-			\CoreLibs\Create\Hash::__sha1Short($input)
+			\CoreLibs\Create\Hash::__sha1Short($input),
+			'__sha1Short depreacted'
 		);
 		$this->assertEquals(
 			$expected,
-			\CoreLibs\Create\Hash::__sha1Short($input, false)
+			\CoreLibs\Create\Hash::__sha1Short($input, false),
+			'__sha1Short (false) depreacted'
+		);
+		$this->assertEquals(
+			$expected,
+			\CoreLibs\Create\Hash::__crc32b($input),
+			'__crc32b'
 		);
 		// sha1 type
 		$this->assertEquals(
 			$expected_sha1,
-			\CoreLibs\Create\Hash::__sha1Short($input, true)
+			\CoreLibs\Create\Hash::__sha1Short($input, true),
+			'__sha1Short (true) depreacted'
+		);
+		$this->assertEquals(
+			$expected_sha1,
+			\CoreLibs\Create\Hash::sha1Short($input),
+			'sha1Short'
 		);
 	}
 
@@ -166,8 +199,10 @@ final class CoreLibsCreateHashTest extends TestCase
 	 * Undocumented function
 	 *
 	 * @covers ::__hash
+	 * @covers ::hashShort
+	 * @covers ::hashShort
 	 * @dataProvider hashProvider
-	 * @testdox __hash $input with $hash_type will be $expected [$_dataName]
+	 * @testdox __hash/hashShort/hash $input with $hash_type will be $expected [$_dataName]
 	 *
 	 * @param string $input
 	 * @param string|null $hash_type
@@ -179,12 +214,24 @@ final class CoreLibsCreateHashTest extends TestCase
 		if ($hash_type === null) {
 			$this->assertEquals(
 				$expected,
-				\CoreLibs\Create\Hash::__hash($input)
+				\CoreLibs\Create\Hash::__hash($input),
+				'__hash'
+			);
+			$this->assertEquals(
+				$expected,
+				\CoreLibs\Create\Hash::hashShort($input),
+				'hashShort'
 			);
 		} else {
 			$this->assertEquals(
 				$expected,
-				\CoreLibs\Create\Hash::__hash($input, $hash_type)
+				\CoreLibs\Create\Hash::__hash($input, $hash_type),
+				'__hash with hash type'
+			);
+			$this->assertEquals(
+				$expected,
+				\CoreLibs\Create\Hash::hash($input, $hash_type),
+				'hash with hash type'
 			);
 		}
 	}
@@ -193,8 +240,9 @@ final class CoreLibsCreateHashTest extends TestCase
 	 * Undocumented function
 	 *
 	 * @covers ::__hashLong
+	 * @covers ::hashLong
 	 * @dataProvider hashLongProvider
-	 * @testdox __hashLong $input will be $expected [$_dataName]
+	 * @testdox __hashLong/hashLong $input will be $expected [$_dataName]
 	 *
 	 * @param string $input
 	 * @param string $expected
@@ -206,6 +254,52 @@ final class CoreLibsCreateHashTest extends TestCase
 			$expected,
 			\CoreLibs\Create\Hash::__hashLong($input)
 		);
+		$this->assertEquals(
+			$expected,
+			\CoreLibs\Create\Hash::hashLong($input)
+		);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Undocumented function
+	 *
+	 * @covers ::hash
+	 * @covers ::hashStd
+	 * @dataProvider hashStandardProvider
+	 * @testdox hash/hashStd $input will be $expected [$_dataName]
+	 *
+	 * @param string $input
+	 * @param string $expected
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function testHashStandard(string $input, string $expected): void
+	{
+		$this->assertEquals(
+			$expected,
+			\CoreLibs\Create\Hash::hashStd($input)
+		);
+		$this->assertEquals(
+			$expected,
+			\CoreLibs\Create\Hash::hash($input)
+		);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Undocumented function
+	 *
+	 * @covers ::hash
+	 * @testdox hash with invalid type [$_dataName]
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function testInvalidHashType(): void
+	{
+		$hash_source = 'Some String Text';
+		$expected = hash(\CoreLibs\Create\Hash::STANDARD_HASH, $hash_source);
+		$this->assertEquals(
+			$expected,
+			\CoreLibs\Create\Hash::hash($hash_source, 'DOES_NOT_EXIST')
+		);
 	}
 }