[php-src] Issue #19553: Add streaming encryption/decryption API to OpenSSL extension (openssl_encrypt_init / openssl_encrypt_update /
openssl_encrypt_final)
| From: | degtyaryov | Date: | Fri, 22 Aug 2025 09:46:23 +0000 |
| Subject: | [php-src] Issue #19553: Add streaming encryption/decryption API to OpenSSL extension (openssl_encrypt_init / openssl_encrypt_update / openssl_encrypt_final) |
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Issue: https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/19553
Author: degtyaryov
### Description
Currently, the OpenSSL extension in PHP provides openssl_encrypt() and openssl_decrypt(), which
require the entire data buffer in memory for AES-128-GCM, AES-256-GCM... This makes it impractical
to process very large files (e.g. 100 MB, 1 GB, 1 TB) because PHP will try to load the entire
content into memory before encrypting/decrypting.
**Proposal**
Introduce a streaming API for encryption/decryption, similar to how hash_init(), hash_update(), and
hash_final() work.
For example for encryption:
```php
$res = openssl_encrypt_init('aes-256-gcm', $key, OPENSSL_RAW_DATA, $iv, $tag_length);
openssl_encrypt_update($ctx, $aad);
while (!feof($fp_in)) {
$chunk = fread($fp_in, 1048576); // 1 MB
$enc = openssl_encrypt_update($res, $chunk);
fwrite($fp_out, $enc);
}
$enc = openssl_encrypt_final($res, $tag);
fwrite($fp_out, $enc);
```
And for decryption:
```php
$res = openssl_decrypt_init("aes-256-gcm", $key, OPENSSL_RAW_DATA, $iv, $tag);
openssl_decrypt_update($ctx, $aad);
while (!feof($fp_in)) {
$chunk = fread($fp_in, 1048576);
$dec = openssl_decrypt_update($res, $chunk);
fwrite($fp_out, $dec);
}
$dec = openssl_decrypt_final($res);
fwrite($fp_out, $dec);
```