Posted by Matthew Fonda on 03/03/05 07:43

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I would recommend using PEAR::Crypt_Blowfish
http://pear.php.net/package/Crypt_Blowfish
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It should work pretty good and get exactly what you need to do done. You
can provide a key, and it has a method to encrypt and decrypt text using
the key, so should be pretty easy


> Hi,
> I'm not sure if this is even a PHP question, but I'm hoping someone can help
> me. I need to encipher data to be stored in a database and then I need to be
> able to decipher it to use it. I was thinking of using DES and I obtained a
> pair of keys, but I'm not sure where to go from there. I've scoured the
> internet for help, but I just can't figure out which is the best way to do
> what I need to do. If someone could please point me in the right direction
> I'd really appreciate it. Once data is sent in a form, how do I encipher it
> before saving it in the database and then how do I decipher it to be used
> later on?
> Also, not to sound helpless, but I'm pretty new to PHP and I don't quite
> have a handle on the jargon, so if it could be explained as simply as
> possible that would be helpful.
>
> Thanks so much!
> Cat
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Regards,
Matthew Fonda
http://mfonda.info

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