Posted by trlists on 03/04/05 16:39

On 2 Mar 2005 Erbacher Karl wrote:

> 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.

You could look at http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mcrypt.php. mcrypt
supports a long list of ciphers, including triple DES. I usually
Blowfish for the purpose you describe, though I can't remember exactly
why right this second -- I did some research at one point and concluded
it was the best for my purposes.

--
Tom

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