Description
bool
openssl_private_encrypt ( string data, string &crypted, mixed key [, int padding])
| Warning |
This function is
EXPERIMENTAL. The behaviour of this function, the
name of this function, and anything else documented about this
function may change without notice in a future release of PHP.
Use this function at your own risk. |
openssl_private_encrypt() encrypts data
with private key and stores the result into
crypted. Encrypted data can be decrypted via
openssl_public_decrypt(). padding
defaults to OPENSSL_PKCS1_PADDING, but can also be
OPENSSL_NO_PADDING.
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
This function can be used e.g. to sign data (or its hash) to prove that it
is not written by someone else.
See also openssl_public_decrypt() and
openssl_public_encrypt().