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mcrypt_enc_get_algorithms_name

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.2)

mcrypt_enc_get_algorithms_name -- Returns the name of the opened algorithm

Description

string mcrypt_enc_get_algorithms_name ( resource td)

This function returns the name of the algorithm.

Example 1. mcrypt_enc_get_algorithms_name() example


<?php
    $td = mcrypt_module_open(MCRYPT_CAST_256, '', MCRYPT_MODE_CFB, '');
    echo mcrypt_enc_get_algorithms_name($td). "\n";
  
    $td = mcrypt_module_open('cast-256', '', MCRYPT_MODE_CFB, '');
    echo mcrypt_enc_get_algorithms_name($td). "\n";
?>

Prints:
CAST-256
CAST-256