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<h1 class="refname">openssl_decrypt</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">openssl_decrypt</span> — <span class="dc-title">Decrypts data</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.openssl-decrypt-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>openssl_decrypt</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$data</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$method</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$password</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$options</code><span class="initializer"> = 0</span></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$iv</code><span class="initializer"> = ""</span></span>
]] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Takes a raw or base64 encoded string and decrypts it using a given method and key.
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<div class="warning"><strong class="warning">Warning</strong><p class="simpara">This function is
currently not documented; only its argument list is available.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.openssl-decrypt-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">data</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The data.
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</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">method</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The cipher method.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">password</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The password.
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</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">options</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
<em><code class="parameter">options</code></em> can be one of
<strong><code>OPENSSL_RAW_DATA</code></strong>,
<strong><code>OPENSSL_ZERO_PADDING</code></strong>.
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</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">iv</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
A non-NULL Initialization Vector.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
</dl>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.openssl-decrypt-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
The decrypted string on success or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
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<div class="refsect1 errors" id="refsect1-function.openssl-decrypt-errors">
<h3 class="title">Errors/Exceptions</h3>
<p class="para">
Emits an <strong><code>E_WARNING</code></strong> level error if an unknown cipher algorithm
is passed via the <em><code class="parameter">method</code></em> parameter.
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<p class="para">
Emits an <strong><code>E_WARNING</code></strong> level error if an empty value is passed
in via the <em><code class="parameter">iv</code></em> parameter.
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<div class="refsect1 changelog" id="refsect1-function.openssl-decrypt-changelog">
<h3 class="title">Changelog</h3>
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<th>Version</th>
<th>Description</th>
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<td>5.3.3</td>
<td>
The <em><code class="parameter">iv</code></em> parameter was added.
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</tr>
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<td>5.4.0</td>
<td>
The <em><code class="parameter">raw_output</code></em> was changed to <em><code class="parameter">options</code></em>.
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.openssl-decrypt-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.openssl-encrypt.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">openssl_encrypt()</a> - Encrypts data</span></li>
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