This is an interface to the mcrypt library, which supports a wide
variety of block algorithms such as DES, TripleDES, Blowfish
(default), 3-WAY, SAFER-SK64, SAFER-SK128, TWOFISH, TEA, RC2 and
GOST in CBC, OFB, CFB and ECB cipher modes. Additionally, it
supports RC6 and IDEA which are considered "non-free".
If you linked against libmcrypt 2.4.x or higher, the following additional
block algorithms are supported: CAST, LOKI97, RIJNDAEL, SAFERPLUS,
SERPENT and the following stream ciphers: ENIGMA (crypt), PANAMA, RC4 and
WAKE. With libmcrypt 2.4.x or higher another cipher mode is also
available; nOFB.
Installation
To use it, download libmcrypt-x.x.tar.gz from here and follow the included installation
instructions. You need to compile PHP with the --with-mcrypt parameter to enable this
extension. Make sure you compile libmcrypt with the option --disable-posix-threads.
Laufzeit Konfiguration
Das Verhalten dieser Funktionen wird von Einstellungen
in der php.ini bestimmt.
Tabelle 1. Mcrypt configuration options
Name
Default
Changeable
mcrypt.algorithms_dir
NULL
PHP_INI_ALL
mcrypt.modes_dir
NULL
PHP_INI_ALL
For further details and definition of the PHP_INI_* constants see
ini_set().
Resource Typen
Diese Erweiterung definiert keine Resource-Typen.
Vordefinierte Konstanten
Folgende Konstanten werden von dieser Erweiterung definiert und
stehen nur zur Verfügung, wenn die Erweiterung entweder statisch
in PHP kompiliert oder dynamisch zur Laufzeit geladen wurde.
Mcrypt can operate in four block cipher modes (CBC, OFB, CFB, and
ECB). If linked against libmcrypt-2.4.x or higher the functions can also operate
in the block cipher mode nOFB and in STREAM mode. Below you find a list
with all supported encryption modes together with the constants that are
defines for the encryption mode. For a more complete reference and
discussion see Applied Cryptography by Schneier (ISBN 0-471-11709-9).
MCRYPT_MODE_ECB (electronic codebook) is suitable for random data,
such as encrypting other keys. Since data there is short and random,
the disadvantages of ECB have a favorable negative effect.
MCRYPT_MODE_CBC (cipher block chaining) is especially suitable for
encrypting files where the security is increased over ECB
significantly.
MCRYPT_MODE_CFB (cipher feedback) is the best mode for encrypting byte
streams where single bytes must be encrypted.
MCRYPT_MODE_OFB (output feedback, in 8bit) is comparable to CFB, but
can be used in applications where error propagation cannot
be tolerated. It's insecure (because it operates in 8bit
mode) so it is not recommended to use it.
MCRYPT_MODE_NOFB (output feedback, in nbit) is comparable to OFB, but
more secure because it operates on the block size of the algorithm.
MCRYPT_MODE_STREAM is an extra mode to include some stream algorithms
like WAKE or RC4.
Here is a list of ciphers which are currently supported by the mcrypt
extension. For a complete list of supported ciphers, see the defines at
the end of mcrypt.h. The general rule with the
mcrypt-2.2.x API is that you can access the cipher from PHP with
MCRYPT_ciphername. With the libmcrypt-2.4.x and libmcrypt-2.5.x API these constants also work,
but it is possible to specify the name of the cipher as a string with a
call to mcrypt_module_open().
MCRYPT_3DES
MCRYPT_ARCFOUR_IV (libmcrypt > 2.4.x only)
MCRYPT_ARCFOUR (libmcrypt > 2.4.x only)
MCRYPT_BLOWFISH
MCRYPT_CAST_128
MCRYPT_CAST_256
MCRYPT_CRYPT
MCRYPT_DES
MCRYPT_DES_COMPAT (libmcrypt 2.2.x only)
MCRYPT_ENIGMA (libmcrypt > 2.4.x only, alias for MCRYPT_CRYPT)
MCRYPT_TWOFISH128 (TWOFISHxxx are available in newer 2.x versions, but not in the 2.4.x versions)
MCRYPT_TWOFISH192
MCRYPT_TWOFISH256
MCRYPT_WAKE (libmcrypt > 2.4.x only)
MCRYPT_XTEA (libmcrypt > 2.4.x only)
You must (in CFB and OFB mode) or can (in CBC mode) supply an
initialization vector (IV) to the respective cipher function. The
IV must be unique and must be the same when
decrypting/encrypting. With data which is stored encrypted, you
can take the output of a function of the index under which the
data is stored (e.g. the MD5 key of the filename).
Alternatively, you can transmit the IV together with the encrypted
data (see chapter 9.3 of Applied Cryptography by Schneier (ISBN 0-471-11709-9) for a
discussion of this topic).
Beispiele
Mcrypt can be used to encrypt and decrypt using the above
mentioned ciphers. If you linked against libmcrypt-2.2.x, the
four important mcrypt commands (mcrypt_cfb(),
mcrypt_cbc(), mcrypt_ecb(),
and mcrypt_ofb()) can operate in both modes
which are named MCRYPT_ENCRYPT and MCRYPT_DECRYPT, respectively.
Beispiel 1. Encrypt an input value with TripleDES under 2.2.x in ECB mode
<?php
$key = "this is a very secret key";
$input = "Let us meet at 9 o'clock at the secret place.";
$encrypted_data = mcrypt_ecb (MCRYPT_3DES, $key, $input, MCRYPT_ENCRYPT);
?>
This example will give you the encrypted data as a string in
$encrypted_data.
If you linked against libmcrypt 2.4.x or 2.5.x, these functions are still
available, but it is recommended that you use the advanced functions.
Beispiel 2. Encrypt an input value with TripleDES under 2.4.x and higher in ECB mode
<?php
$key = "this is a very secret key";
$input = "Let us meet at 9 o'clock at the secret place.";
$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, $input);
mcrypt_generic_end ($td);
?>
This example will give you the encrypted data as a string in
$encrypted_data. For a full example see
mcrypt_module_open().