I need to be able to encrypt and decrypt a variable, however I also need to know if the decryption was successful. In my code, when I change the $string
variable before decryption to something else, I receive random characters.
function encrypt($string) {
$key = 'password';
$encrypted = base64_encode(mcrypt_encrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, md5($key), $string, MCRYPT_MODE_CBC, md5(md5($key))));
return $encrypted;
}
function decrypt($encrypted) {
$key = 'password';
$decrypted = rtrim(mcrypt_decrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, md5($key), base64_decode($encrypted), MCRYPT_MODE_CBC, md5(md5($key))), "\0");
return $decrypted;
}
$string = 'Hello world.';
if (encrypt($string)) {
$string = encrypt($string);
echo $string;
echo '<br>';
}
if (decrypt($string)) {
$string = decrypt($string);
echo $string;
echo '<br>';
}
Is it possible to detect failed decryption? Thanks.