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bobbybouwmann/legacy-encrypter
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The legacy version of the Laravel mcrypt encrypter (for 5.1 - 5.3).

v1.0.0(9y ago)216MITPHPPHP >=5.5.9

Since Aug 3Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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Laravel Legacy Encrypter
========================

[](#laravel-legacy-encrypter)

This encryption package provides support for the legacy Mcrypt encrypter used by Laravel 5.0 through 5.2. It is primarily intended to be used to migrate your data to the new OpenSSL based encrypter used in 5.1 through the latest release of Laravel.

#### Usage Example

[](#usage-example)

```
use Laravel\LegacyEncrypter\McryptEncrypter;

$encrypter = new McryptEncrypter($encryptionKey);

$encrypted = $encrypter->encrypt('I am encrypted!');

$decrypted = $encrypter->decrypt($encrypted);
```

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 50% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3568d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/851b59ccfe2a45c78ea1d57134978d182b000135ad5020d58b8a519e4a188645?d=identicon)[bobbybouwmann](/maintainers/bobbybouwmann)

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Top Contributors

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