mcrypt_get_cipher_name
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 < 7.2.0, PECL mcrypt >= 1.0.0)
mcrypt_get_cipher_name — Gets the name of the specified cipher
This function has been DEPRECATED as of PHP 7.1.0 and REMOVED as of PHP 7.2.0. Relying on this function is highly discouraged.
Description
$cipher
): string$cipher
): stringmcrypt_get_cipher_name() is used to get the name of the specified cipher.
mcrypt_get_cipher_name() takes the cipher
number as an argument (libmcrypt 2.2.x) or takes the cipher name
as an argument (libmcrypt 2.4.x or higher) and returns the name of the cipher
or false
, if the cipher does not exist.
Parameters
-
cipher
-
One of the
MCRYPT_ciphername
constants, or the name of the algorithm as string.
Return Values
This function returns the name of the cipher or false
if the cipher does
not exist.
Examples
Example #1 mcrypt_get_cipher_name() Example
<?php
$cipher = MCRYPT_TripleDES;
echo mcrypt_get_cipher_name($cipher);
?>
The above example will output:
3DES