mcrypt_decrypt is returning a null repsonse - php

Question

I can encrypt strings in php but I cannot decrypt my strings in php when calling the decrypt function, I get a null response. What am I doing wrong? my code is below.
<?php
$txt = "Hello";
$mykey = "mysecretkey12345";
$iv_to_pass_to_decryption = 'mysecretpass23456';
function encrypt($text, $key)
{
$iv = mcrypt_create_iv(mcrypt_get_iv_size(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, MCRYPT_MODE_CBC), MCRYPT_RAND);
$iv_to_pass_to_decryption = base64_encode($iv);
return base64_encode(mcrypt_encrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, $key, $text, MCRYPT_MODE_CBC, $iv));
}
function decrypt($text, $key, $ivdecrypt)
{
$text = base64_decode($text);
$ivdecrypt = base64_decode($ivdecrypt);
return base64_decode(mcrypt_decrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, $key, $text, MCRYPT_MODE_CBC, $ivdecrypt));
}
$encryptdata = encrypt($txt, $mykey); // encrypt works fine
$decryptdata = decrypt($encryptdata, $mykey, $iv_to_pass_to_decryption); // Im getting null response from decrypt
echo 'Encrypt: ' . $encryptdata . ' Decrypt: ' . $decryptdata;
?>
Example echo output is:
Encrypt: j42DGZVT/cKIWEe5p3289aWGOZCtZ8yN3MuUidi2InM= Decrypt:

Answer 1

There are two issues I see:
a) The encrypt function assigns the iv to a local variable. You can make it global by including global $iv_to_pass_to_decryption;at the beginning of the encrypt function.
b) In the return statement of the decrypt function you base_decode the message. But you don't encode it going in. Just remove the base64_decode after return.