openssl_private_encrypt

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5, PHP 7)

Encrypts data with private key

bool openssl_private_encrypt ( string $data, string &$crypted, mixed $key [, int $padding = OPENSSL_PKCS1_PADDING ] )

openssl_private_encrypt() encrypts data with private key and stores the result into crypted. Encrypted data can be decrypted via openssl_public_decrypt().

This function can be used e.g. to sign data (or its hash) to prove that it is not written by someone else.

Parameters:

data

openssl_private_encrypt() encrypts data with private key and stores the result into crypted. Encrypted data can be decrypted via openssl_public_decrypt().

This function can be used e.g. to sign data (or its hash) to prove that it is not written by someone else.

crypted

openssl_private_encrypt() encrypts data with private key and stores the result into crypted. Encrypted data can be decrypted via openssl_public_decrypt().

This function can be used e.g. to sign data (or its hash) to prove that it is not written by someone else.

key

openssl_private_encrypt() encrypts data with private key and stores the result into crypted. Encrypted data can be decrypted via openssl_public_decrypt().

This function can be used e.g. to sign data (or its hash) to prove that it is not written by someone else.

padding

padding can be one of OPENSSL_PKCS1_PADDING, OPENSSL_NO_PADDING.

Returns:

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.