(PHP 4, PHP 5)
mcrypt_get_cipher_name — Gets the name of the specified cipher
$cipher
)$cipher
)mcrypt_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.
cipher
One of the MCRYPT_ciphername constants or the name of the algorithm as string.
This function returns the name of the cipher or FALSE
, if the cipher does
not exist.
Example #1 mcrypt_get_cipher_name() Example
<?php
$cipher = MCRYPT_TripleDES;
echo mcrypt_get_cipher_name($cipher);
?>
The above example will output:
3DES