This is my first post to this list, so I hope it goes right. :)
I want to use PHP's mcrypt functions. The snag I've run in to is that the
archive file I've downloaded doesn't appear to be in gzip format, even
though it ends with .tar.gz. I've downloaded from a couple of different
locations, so I think that the file is OK.
The file I've downloaded is libmcrypt-2.5.7.tar.gz.
Here are the commands I've tried:
gzip -cd libmcrypt-2.5.7.tar.gz | tar xvf -
which gives me this:
gzip: libmcrypt-2.5.7.tar.gz: not in gzip format
tar -pxzf libmcrypt-2.5.7.tar.gz
which gives me this:
gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
tar zxvf libmcrypt-2.5.7.tar.gz
which gives me this:
gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
I've downloaded from a couple of sourceforge mirrors. I didn't have any
luck downloading from mcrypt.hellug.gr. I couldn't find any documentation
on the sourceforge site http://sourceforge.net/projects/mcrypt/
Is there a particular FTP or HTTP site I should use to download the mcrypt
libraries, and use for reference?
Is there a different untar/unzip command I should use?
Possibly the best question to ask is, is there a different
encryption/decryption package I should be using?
My overall goal is to store some user data in an encrypted format in a MySQL
database, and retrieve it and decrypt it as needed.
Thanks for any help!
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