Your method is not secure and can also be victim to man in the middle attacks, you should always use a IV and a HMAC
You can encrypt in php like this
$key = substr('encyptionsec123342',0,32)
function encrypt ($message, $method, $secret, &$hmac) {
$iv = substr(bin2hex(openssl_random_pseudo_bytes(16)),0,16);
$encrypted = base64_encode($iv) . openssl_encrypt($message, $method, $secret, 0, $iv);
$hmac = hash_hmac('md5', $encrypted, $secret);
return $encrypted;
}
function decrypt ($encrypted, $method, $secret, $hmac) {
if (hash_hmac('md5', $encrypted, $secret) == $hmac) {
$iv = base64_decode(substr($encrypted, 0, 24));
return openssl_decrypt(substr($encrypted, 24), $method, $secret, 0, $iv);
}
}
function encryptWithTSValidation ($message, $method, $secret, &$hmac) {
date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
$message = substr(date('c'),0,19) . "$message";
return encrypt($message, $method, $secret, $hmac);
}
function decryptWithTSValidation ($encrypted, $method, $secret, $hmac, $intervalThreshold) {
$decrypted = decrypt($encrypted, $method, $secret, $hmac);
$now = new DateTime();
$msgDate = new DateTime(str_replace("T"," ",substr($decrypted,0,19)));
if (($now->getTimestamp() - $msgDate->getTimestamp()) <= $intervalThreshold) {
return substr($decrypted,19);
}
}
This is a secure AES-256-CBC method and with HMAC to stop man in the middle attacks.
Node.js
var secret = "encyptionsec123342";
secret = secret.substr(0, 32);
var method = 'AES-256-CBC';
var encrypt = function(message, method, secret, hmac) {
var iv = crypto.randomBytes(16).toString('hex').substr(0, 16);
var encryptor = crypto.createCipheriv(method, secret, iv);
var encrypted = new Buffer.alloc(iv).toString('base64') + encryptor.update(message, 'utf8', 'base64') + encryptor.final('base64');
hmac = crypto.createHmac('md5', secret).update(encrypted).digest('hex');
return encrypted;
};
var decrypt = function(encrypted, method, secret, hmac) {
if (crypto.createHmac('md5', secret).update(encrypted).digest('hex') == hmac) {
var iv = new Buffer.from(encrypted.substr(0, 24), 'base64').toString();
var decryptor = crypto.createDecipheriv(method, secret, iv);
return decryptor.update(encrypted.substr(24), 'base64', 'utf8') + decryptor.final('utf8');
}
};
var encryptWithTSValidation = function(message, method, secret, hmac) {
var messageTS = new Date().toISOString().substr(0, 19) + message;
return encrypt(messageTS, method, secret, hmac);
}
var decryptWithTSValidation = function(encrypted, method, secret, hmac, intervalThreshold) {
var decrypted = decrypt(encrypted, method, secret, hmac);
var now = new Date();
var year = parseInt(decrypted.substr(0, 4)),
month = parseInt(decrypted.substr(5, 2)) - 1,
day = parseInt(decrypted.substr(8, 2)),
hour = parseInt(decrypted.substr(11, 2)),
minute = parseInt(decrypted.substr(14, 2)),
second = parseInt(decrypted.substr(17, 2));
var msgDate = new Date(Date.UTC(year, month, day, hour, minute, second))
if (Math.round((now - msgDate) / 1000) <= intervalThreshold) {
return decrypted.substr(19);
}
}
To perform encryption and decryption in php,
$encrypted = encryptWithTSValidation($recipent, $method, $key, $hmac);
$decrypted = decryptWithTSValidation($encrypted,$method,$key, $hmac, 60*60*12)//this is 12 hours
to generate a hmac, you can use simple md5 hashing
$hmac = hash_hmac('md5', $recipent, $key);
and in node.js
var decrypted = decryptWithTSValidation(encString, method, secret, hmac, 60 * 60);
var encrypted = decryptWithTSValidation(string, method, secret, hmac);
NOTE: Make sure to make a unique key that is of 32 bit and is same while encryption and decryption in nodejs and php. Also keep it safe and never store it in a database.
Code Reference : Encrypt string in PHP and decrypt in Node.js