Encryption / Decryption PHP classes - php

What is the best encryption / decryption class / functions that can encrypt an array of data or objects and return it as a hash serialized string?
Then, on decryption, the serialized strings can be decrypted back to its original form of values containing objects or array values.
Thanks

Preface: You seem to have a notion that hashing some data would be the same thing as encrypting it. Hashing is NOT encryption and cannot be reversed with a password or keyfile, like encryption can.
PHP comes with several hashing protocols like md5 (md5_file), SHA1 (SHA1_file). It all really depends on what you're doing with this hash and what you're hashing in the first place.

The mcrypt library has a lot of functions to do encryption in as many ways as you can dream. Here's an example using AES:
$secretKey = 'the longer, the better';
$originalString = 'some text here';
$iv_size = mcrypt_get_iv_size(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, MCRYPT_MODE_CBC);
$iv = mcrypt_create_iv($iv_size, MCRYPT_RAND);
$crypttext = mcrypt_encrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, $secretKey, $originalString,
MCRYPT_MODE_CBC, $iv);
printf( "Original string: %s\n", $originalString );
// Returns "Original string: some text here"
printf( "Encrypted string: %s\n", $crypttext );
// Returns "Encrypted string: <gibberish>"
$decrypttext = mcrypt_decrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, $secretKey, $crypttext,
MCRYPT_MODE_CBC, $iv);
// Drop nulls from end of string
$decrypttext = rtrim($decrypttext, "\0");
printf( "Decrypted string: %s\n", $decrypttext );
// Returns "Decrypted string: some text here"

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Remove Special character when decrypt by editing encrypt string

$secretKey = "MYSECRETKEY";
$plaintext = 'Plain Text Will Be here';
$iv_size = mcrypt_get_iv_size(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_128, MCRYPT_MODE_CBC);
$iv = mcrypt_create_iv($iv_size, MCRYPT_RAND);
$ivDecode = base64_encode(mcrypt_create_iv($iv_size, MCRYPT_RAND));
$encrypted = trim(mcrypt_encrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_128,
substr(sha1($secretKey), 0, 32),
$plaintext,
MCRYPT_MODE_CBC,
$iv), "\0..\32");
$encrypted = $iv . $encrypted;
$ciphertext_base64 = base64_encode($encrypted);
#echo $ciphertext_base64 . "\n";
$decrypted = trim(mcrypt_decrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_128,
substr(sha1($secretKey), 0, 32),
base64_decode($ciphertext_base64),
MCRYPT_MODE_CBC,
base64_decode($ivDecode)), "\0..\32");
echo $decrypted;
when I run above code I got this output.
»_w>ø9â„6ÅkžPlain Text Will Be here
I can't edit $decrypted string because I can't access it. I just can edit $encrypted only. So how can remove extra special characters(»_w>ø9â„6Åkž) from out put by editing $encrypted string. I want to send encrypted text using JSON to the different server to decrypt it.
It is not possible to split the iv and encrypted data prior to Base64 decoding, first Base64 decode and then split them.
MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_128 which is also AES has a block size of 128-bits or 16-bytes. The iv must be that size. Instead of including base64_decode($iv) as a parameter actually create a 16-byte iv. Base64 decoding the iv will not work if it is is not Base64 encoded, it isn't in this case.
The key should be 128, 192 or 256 bits (16, 24 or 32 bytes), exactly the correct size for interoperability, do not rely on padding by the encryption algorithms.
Similarly, for the input to be encrypted and the key prepare it in a separate statement so that debugging is easier.
Do not trim the output, the mcrypt_decrypt is correct. Padding may add an additional block, that is required.
Do not Base64 decode the result of the decryption, the plaintext was not Base64 encoded. – zaph just now edit
"text like this ïÕ[pI¤;Køv" probably occurs when attempting to print data as a string, not all binary bytes have a print representation and many have special characters as their print representation in the 0x80-0xff range.
Here is the concept, not tested, I have not used php in 20 years so fix any errors:
$secretKey = "1234567890123456"; # Note the length is 16-bytes, a full key
$plaintext = 'XXXXXXXXX';
echo $plaintext . "\n";
# --- ENCRYPTION ---
$key = substr(sha1($secretKey), 0, 32)
$iv = mcrypt_create_iv(16, MCRYPT_RAND);
$ciphertext = mcrypt_encrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_128,
$key,
$plaintext,
MCRYPT_MODE_CBC,
$iv);
# prepend the IV for it to be available for decryption
$ciphertext = $iv . $ciphertext;
$ciphertext_base64 = base64_encode($ciphertext);
echo $ciphertext_base64 . "\n";
# --- DECRYPTION ---
$key = substr(sha1($secretKey), 0, 32)
$cipher_text_iv = base64_decode($ciphertext_base64)
# split the iv and encrypted text
$iv = substr($cipher_text_iv, 0, 16)
$ciphertext = substr($cipher_text_iv, 16)
$decrypted = mcrypt_decrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_128,
$key,
$ciphertext,
MCRYPT_MODE_CBC,
$iv);
echo $decrypted;

Decryption is not working with AES 128 bit CBC in PHP

I'm trying to encrypt and decrypt a token with the AES 128 bit CBC encryption in PHP.
If I try to encrypt and decrypt a token, the result is not the original token.
Here is my code:
$decrKey = "123456789abcdefg";
$decrIV = "xyz123456789abcd";
function encryptAES($data,$key,$iv)
{
$decr= mcrypt_encrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_128, $key, base64_encode($data), MCRYPT_MODE_CBC, $iv);
return $decr;
}
function decryptAES($data,$key,$iv)
{
$decr= mcrypt_decrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_128, $key, base64_decode($data), MCRYPT_MODE_CBC, $iv);
return $decr;
}
$token = "abcdefghijk";
echo $token;
$tokenEncrypt = encryptAES($token,$decrKey,$decrIV);
echo "encrypt: ".$tokenEncrypt ;
$tokenDecrypt = decryptAES($tokenEncrypt,$decrKey,$decrIV);
echo "decrypt: ".$tokenDecrypt ;
What do i miss?
You should base 64 encode the result of the encryption method (called the ciphertext), and decode it again before decryption. You are currently base 64 encoding the plain text in the encryption function instead of the ciphertext. Encoding the plain text is not necessary. It would be however a good idea to use a well defined character-encoding for the plain text.
$encr = base64_encode(mcrypt_encrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_128, $key, $data, MCRYPT_MODE_CBC, $iv));
return $encr

Is it safe to trim a decrypted string?

I am encrypting and decrypting a string using:
$key = 'my key';
$data = 'my string';
$ivSize = mcrypt_get_iv_size(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, MCRYPT_MODE_CBC);
$iv = mcrypt_create_iv($ivSize, MCRYPT_DEV_URANDOM);
$encrypted = mcrypt_encrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, $key, $data, MCRYPT_MODE_CBC, $iv);
$decrypted = mcrypt_decrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, $key, $encrypted, MCRYPT_MODE_CBC, $iv);
$data = trim($decrypted, chr(0));
http://codepad.viper-7.com/1JgCRs
Is it safe to just trim off the padding added by the encryption algorithm, or is it necessary to store the length of the data before encrypting?
You are trimming the value after you decrypt so you won't run into ay issues with the current code.
If you try to re-encrypt the different, trimmed data, you will get a different encrypted value.
Padding is added on the right normally, so consider rtrim():
$data = rtrim($decrypted, chr(0));
However this is still not yet perfectly safe because in PHP strings can contain NUL-bytes. If for some reason the plain did had NUL-bytes at the end, the rtrim will remove the padding and those previous NUL-bytes.

Encrypting IV with string and decrypting it?

Tonight I've pretty much gone through a crash course on basic cryptography, and I figured I don't want to send an IV through clearly, so I'm encrypting it with the string.
$iv_size = mcrypt_get_iv_size(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_128, MCRYPT_MODE_CBC);
$iv = mcrypt_create_iv($iv_size, MCRYPT_RAND);
$encrypt = mcrypt_encrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_128, $key1, $string, MCRYPT_MODE_CBC, $iv);
$string = $iv.$encrypt;
$encrypt = mcrypt_encrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_128, $key2, $string, MCRYPT_MODE_ECB);
$return = urlencode(base64_encode($encrypt));
and to decrypt I've got this, but it's not working
$encrypted = base64_decode(urldecode($_GET['password']));
$encrypted = mcrypt_decrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_128, $key2, $encrypted, MCRYPT_MODE_ECB);
$iv_size = mcrypt_get_iv_size(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_128, MCRYPT_MODE_CBC);
$iv = mb_strcut($encrypted, 0, $iv_size);
$password = mb_strcut($encrypted, $iv_size);
$password = mcrypt_decrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_128, $key1, $password, MCRYPT_MODE_CBC, $iv);
Can anyone see the problem with my code and explain to me what I'm doing wrong?
You don't need to encrypt your IV, it is safe to send it in clear. Usually it is prepended to the cyphertext. If you analyse the structure of CBC mode, you can see that the IV only affects the first cypher block. The "IV" for the second cypher block is the first cypher block, the "IV" for the third cypher block is the second cypher block. Any attacker will already know every cypher block, so they will already know most of the "IV"s.
The security of CBC mode lies in the key, and only in the key. An attacker with the cyphertext and the IV cannot recover the key, so there is no point n doing the extra work to encrypt the IV.
I believe you need to write:
$encrypted = base64_decode(urldecode($_GET['password']));
instead of what is there in wrong order for decryption.

Problem encrypting/encoding URL variable

I have a class that takes a string in this format:
000067000000000012620060324b38e2cab3353
, encrypts the string then appends it as a get variable in a URL.
The class that does the encryption has a function that looks like this:
private function _code_encryption($enc_type,$a_string){
$iv_size = mcrypt_get_iv_size(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, MCRYPT_MODE_CBC);
$iv = mcrypt_create_iv($iv_size, MCRYPT_RAND);
if($enc_type == self::ENCRYPT_STRING){
//encrypt then return base64 encoded
$encrypted = mcrypt_encrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, self::AUTH_ENCRYPTION_KEY, $a_string, MCRYPT_MODE_CBC, $iv);
return base64_encode($encrypted);
}elseif($enc_type == self::DECRYPT_STRING){
$decrypted = mcrypt_decrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, self::AUTH_ENCRYPTION_KEY, base64_decode($a_string), MCRYPT_MODE_CBC, $iv);
return trim($decrypted);
}
}
When the string is encrypted I urlencode the value and add it to the url like the url looks like "https://secure.mysite.com/index.php?action=someaction&transfer_code=XXXXX where XXXX is the urlencoded encrypted string.
Now, when the url is parsed and processed the value of $_GET['transfer_code'] is getting passed into the above _code_encryption function but is not returning the correctly decrypted value and instead returns garbled characters my browser doesn't render. Is there a requirement for the length of the key I use for encryption/decryption? I tried something like
$key = hash('sha256',self::AUTH_ENCRYPTION_KEY,true);
but that didn't work either...
Also, I am not urldecoding the $_GET['transfer_code'] variable because the php man pages state that get vars are already urlencoded...
Should I be UTF-8 encoding the alphanumeric string BEFORE encryption/base64_encoding, or will that even make any difference?
You use a random IV to encrypt, and the a different random IV to decrypt. The decrypted string will never ever match the original. To properly decrypt the original string you must use the same IV that was used during encryption. Usually this is achieved by prepending the IV used to the encrypted string. At decryption time you must first extract the IV from the value, initialize the key with this value, then decrypt the rest usign the properly initialized key.
I don't have a parser to validate this but it should be something like:
private function _code_encryption($enc_type,$a_string){
$iv_size = mcrypt_get_iv_size(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, MCRYPT_MODE_CBC);
if($enc_type == self::ENCRYPT_STRING){
//encrypt then return base64 encoded
$iv = mcrypt_create_iv($iv_size, MCRYPT_RAND);
$encrypted = mcrypt_encrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, self::AUTH_ENCRYPTION_KEY, $a_string, MCRYPT_MODE_CBC, $iv);
return base64_encode($iv.$encrypted);
} elseif ($enc_type == self::DECRYPT_STRING){
$decoded = base64_decode($a_string);
$iv = substr($decoded,0,$iv_size);
$cipher = substr($decoded,$iv_size);
$decrypted = mcrypt_decrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, self::AUTH_ENCRYPTION_KEY, $cipher, MCRYPT_MODE_CBC, $iv);
return trim($decrypted);
}
}

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