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sodium_crypto_secretbox_open

(PHP 7 >= 7.2.0)

sodium_crypto_secretbox_openVerify and decrypt a ciphertext

Description

sodium_crypto_secretbox_open ( string $ciphertext , string $nonce , string $key ) : string

Warning

This function is currently not documented; only its argument list is available.

Parameters

ciphertext

nonce

key

Return Values

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khalyomede at gmail dot com
9 months ago
This method will return a string, or false if the data failed to be decrypted.

$key = 'secret';
$data = 'binarydata';
$nonce = random_bytes(SODIUM_CRYPT_SECRETBOX_NONCEBYTES);

$decrypted = sodium_crypto_secretbox_open($data, $nonce, $key);

if ($decrypted === false) {
  throw new Exception('failed to decrypt data');
}
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