You need to have openssl encrypt installed and running. Check this thread if you dont have it already
/**
* simple method to encrypt or decrypt a plain text string
* initialization vector(IV) has to be the same when encrypting and decrypting
* PHP 5.4.9 ( check your PHP version for function definition changes )
*
* this is a beginners template for simple encryption decryption
* before using this in production environments, please read about encryption
* use at your own risk
*
* @param string $action: can be 'encrypt' or 'decrypt'
* @param string $string: string to encrypt or decrypt
*
* @return string
*/
function encrypt_decrypt($action, $string) {
$output = false;
$encrypt_method = "AES-256-CBC";
$secret_key = 'This is my secret key';
$secret_iv = 'This is my secret iv';
// hash
$key = hash('sha256', $secret_key);
// iv - encrypt method AES-256-CBC expects 16 bytes - else you will get a warning
$iv = substr(hash('sha256', $secret_iv), 0, 16);
if( $action == 'encrypt' ) {
$output = openssl_encrypt($string, $encrypt_method, $key, 0, $iv);
$output = base64_encode($output);
}
else if( $action == 'decrypt' ){
$output = openssl_decrypt(base64_decode($string), $encrypt_method, $key, 0, $iv);
}
return $output;
}
$plain_txt = "This is my plain text";
echo "Plain Text = $plain_txt\n";
$encrypted_txt = encrypt_decrypt('encrypt', $plain_txt);
echo "Encrypted Text = $encrypted_txt\n";
$decrypted_txt = encrypt_decrypt('decrypt', $encrypted_txt);
echo "Decrypted Text = $decrypted_txt\n";
if( $plain_txt === $decrypted_txt ) echo "SUCCESS";
else echo "FAILED";
echo "\n";
https://naveensnayak.wordpress.com/2013/03/12/simple-php-encrypt-and-decrypt/