Re: crypt and decrypt a string

On Friday 05 October 2001 18:10, you wrote: > Use crypt()/decrypt() couple. > > Andrey Hristov > IcyGEN Corporation > BUILDING SOLUTIONS > http://www.icygen.com > > On Friday 05 October 2001 17:53, you wrote: > > Here are some simple xor encoding functions that I wrote. This will keep > > the average joe from peaking at your data. > > > > function decode($data){ > > $data = base64_decode($data); > > /* XOR data */ > > for($i = 0; $i < strlen($data); $i++){ > > $data[$i] = ~ $data[$i]; > > } > > return $data; > > } > > > > function encode($data){ > > /* XOR data */ > > for($i = 0; $i < strlen($data); $i++){ > > $data[$i] = ~ $data[$i]; > > } > > $data = base64_encode($data); > > return $data; > > } > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Joel Ricker [mailto:joejava@dragoncat.net] > > Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 7:20 AM > > To: php-general@lists.php.net > > Subject: [PHP] crypt and decrypt a string > > > > > > Does anybody have an easy way to crypt and decrypt a string? I see the > > Mcrypt Encryption module but thats a little more gung-ho than I'm > > looking for. I'm not trying to encrypt sensitive data rather I'm more > > trying obfuscate it a variable for a hidden tag. > > > > Thought I remember seeing something using XOR? Any ideas? > > > > Thanks > > Joel