Lexiconga/php/plugins/easycrypt.php

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<?php
/**
* simple method to encrypt or decrypt a plain text string
* initialization vector(IV) has to be the same when encrypting and decrypting
* PHP 5.4.9
*
* Retrieved from:
* https://naveensnayak.wordpress.com/2013/03/12/simple-php-encrypt-and-decrypt/
*
* this is a beginners template for simple encryption decryption
* before using this in production environments, please read about encryption
*
* @param string $action: can be 'encrypt' or 'decrypt'
* @param string $string: string to encrypt or decrypt
* @param string $key: encryption key
* @param string $iv: encryption iv
*
* @return string
*/
function easy_crypt($action, $string, $key = "Encryption-Key", $iv="What-even-is-an-IV?") {
$output = false;
$encrypt_method = "AES-256-CBC";
$secret_key = $key;
$secret_iv = $iv;
// hash
$key = hash('sha256', $secret_key);
// iv - encrypt method AES-256-CBC expects 16 bytes - else you will get a warning
$iv = substr(hash('sha256', $secret_iv), 0, 16);
if( $action == 'encrypt' ) {
$output = openssl_encrypt($string, $encrypt_method, $key, 0, $iv);
$output = base64_encode($output);
}
else if( $action == 'decrypt' ){
$output = openssl_decrypt(base64_decode($string), $encrypt_method, $key, 0, $iv);
}
return $output;
}
?>