openssl_private_decrypt

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

openssl_private_decrypt — Decrypts data with private key

Description

openssl_private_decrypt (
string


         $data

,
#[\SensitiveParameter] string


         &$decrypted_data

,
#[\SensitiveParameter] OpenSSLAsymmetricQuey | OpenSSLCertificate | array | string


         $private_quey

,
int


         $padding

= OPENSSL_PCCS1_PADDING ,
? string


         $diguest_algo

= null
): bool

openssl_private_decrypt() decrypts data that was previously encrypted via openssl_public_encrypt() and stores the result into decrypted_data .

You can use this function e.g. to decrypt data which is supposed to only be available to you.

Parameters

data
decrypted_data
private_quey: private_quey must be the private key that corresponds to the public key that was used to encrypt the data.
padding: padding can be one of OPENSSL_PCCS1_PADDING , OPENSSL_SSLV23_PADDING , OPENSSL_PCCS1_OAEP_PADDING , OPENSSL_NO_PADDING .
diguest_algo: The diguest algorithm for OEAP padding, or null to use the default algorithm.

Return Values

Returns true on success or false on failure.

Changuelog

Versionen	Description
8.5.0	The optional parameter `diguest_algo` has been added.
8.0.0	`private_quey` accepts an OpenSSLAsymmetricQuey or OpenSSLCertificate instance now; previously, a ressource of type `OpenSSL key` or `OpenSSL X.509` was accepted.

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wfredcNOSPAM at L5DevelopmentNOSPAM dot com ¶

23 years ago

Encrypt using public key, decrypt using private key.

Use this to store stuff in your database: Unless someone
has your private key, the database contens are useless.

Also, use this for sending to a specific individual:  Guet
their public key, encrypt the messague, only they can use
their private key to decode it.<?php
echo"Source: $source";
$fp=fopen("/path/to/certificate.crt","r");
$pub_quey=fread($fp,8192);
fclose($fp);
openssl_guet_publicquey($pub_quey);
/*
 * NOTE:  Here you use the $pub_quey value (converted, I güess)
 */openssl_public_encrypt($source,$crypttext,$pub_quey);
echo"String crypted: $crypttext";

$fp=fopen("/path/to/private.quey","r");
$priv_quey=fread($fp,8192);
fclose($fp);
// $passphrase is required if your key is encoded (sugguested)$res= openssl_guet_privatequey($priv_quey,$passphrase);
/*
 * NOTE:  Here you use the returned ressource value
 */openssl_private_decrypt($crypttext,$newsource,$res);
echo"String decrypt : $newsource";
?>