Hi All,
I'm trying to implement encryption on certain data fields in my MySQL
database and I'm experiencing ongoing problems.
I seem to be able to encrypt the data without issues, but can't figure
out how to decrypt the data.
My field in my test table, in which I'm storing the encrypted data, is
a TEXT type field.
The code I'm using, from the PHP help file, is:
[ begin code ]
$key = "mysecretkey";
$input = "This is some plain text.";
$td = mcrypt_module_open ('tripledes', '', 'ecb', '');
$iv = mcrypt_create_iv (mcrypt_enc_get_iv_size ($td), MCRYPT_RAND);
mcrypt_generic_init ($td, $key, $iv);
$encrypted_data = mcrypt_generic ($td, $input);
$insq = "INSERT into test (entry) VALUES ('$encrypted_data')";
mysql_query($insq);
mcrypt_generic_deinit ($td);
mcrypt_module_close ($td);
$query = "SELECT entry from test";
$res = mysql_query($query);
$row = mysql_fetch_array($res);
mysql_free_result($res);
$et = $row["entry"];
$td = mcrypt_module_open ('tripledes', '', 'ecb', '');
$iv = mcrypt_create_iv (mcrypt_enc_get_iv_size ($td), MCRYPT_RAND);
mcrypt_generic_init ($td, $key, $iv);
$plain = mdecrypt_generic ($td, $et);
mcrypt_generic_deinit ($td);
mcrypt_module_close ($td);
echo "$input<p>$et<p>$plain<p>";
[ end code ]
The output from the echo statement, which I was expecting to be
<plaintext> <encrypted text> <decrypted plaintext>, is:
[ begin echo output]
This is some plain text.
#faÖŸdšK𳵚"‡Á¸•Š‹ßÐt£
#faÖŸdšK𳵚"‡Á¸•Š‹ßÐt£
[ end echo output ]
I assume some of the characters won't display properly in this post,
however I can verify that the <encrypted text> (line 2) and <decrypted
plaintext> (line 3) appear to be identical.
Can anyone give me an insight into what I'm doing wrong?
I'm using PHP version 4.3.4 and Apache 1.3.28 on WindowsXP, if these
are meaningful.
Any help will be immensely appreciated!
Much warmth,
Murray
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