<shameless plug> I would recommend using PEAR::Crypt_Blowfish http://pear.php.net/package/Crypt_Blowfish </shameless plug>
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 -- Regards, Matthew Fonda http://mfonda.info -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
