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<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">mcrypt_enc_get_iv_size</span> — <span class="dc-title">Returns the size of the IV of the opened algorithm</span></p>
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<span class="type">int</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>mcrypt_enc_get_iv_size</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$td</code></span>
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This function returns the size of the IV of the algorithm specified by the
encryption descriptor in bytes. An IV is used in cbc, cfb and ofb modes,
and in some algorithms in stream mode.
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">td</code></em></span>
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The encryption descriptor.
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Returns the size of the IV, or 0 if the IV is ignored by the algorithm.
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