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folded/crypt
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Easily encrypt and decrypt strings for your web app.

v0.1.1(5y ago)02MITPHPPHP >=7.4.0

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folded/crypt
============

[](#foldedcrypt)

Easily encrypt and decrypt strings for your web app.

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Summary
-------

[](#summary)

- [About](#about)
- [Features](#features)
- [Requirements](#requirements)
- [Installation](#installation)
- [Examples](#examples)
- [Version support](#version-support)

About
-----

[](#about)

I created this library to be able to encrypt my data in a standalone way.

Folded is a constellation of packages to help you setting up a web app easily, using ready to plug in packages.

- [folded/action](https://github.com/folded-php/action): A way to organize your controllers for your web app.
- [folded/config](https://github.com/folded-php/config): Configuration utilities for your PHP web app.
- [folded/exception](https://github.com/folded-php/exception): Various kind of exception to throw for your web app.
- [folded/history](https://github.com/folded-php/history): Manipulate the browser history for your web app.
- [folded/http](https://github.com/folded-php/http): HTTP utilities for your web app.
- [folded/orm](https://github.com/folded-php/orm): An ORM for you web app.
- [folded/request](https://github.com/folded-php/request): Request utilities, including a request validator, for your PHP web app.
- [folded/routing](https://github.com/folded-php/routing): Routing functions for your PHP web app.
- [folded/session](https://github.com/folded-php/session): Session functions for your web app.
- [folded/view](https://github.com/folded-php/view): View utilities for your PHP web app.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Can encrypt and decrypt strings
- Can generate a key (necessary to setup the library) from the command line

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP >= 7.4.0
- Composer installed

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

- [1. Install the package](#1-install-the-package)
- [2. Generate a key](#2-generate-a-key)
- [3. Add the setup code](#3-add-the-setup-code)

### 1. Install the package

[](#1-install-the-package)

In your root folder, run this command:

```
composer require folded/crypt
```

### 2. Generate a key

[](#2-generate-a-key)

One way to generate the key easily is through the command line. Run this command to get a new key:

```
vendor/bin/crypt generate key
```

You can get more information on the available option by running `vendor/bin/crypt generate --help`.

Another way is to call the function `Folded\getEncryptionKey()` from a script:

```
use function Folded\getEncryptionKey;

require __DIR__ . "/vendor/autoload.php";

echo getEncryptionKey();
```

You can add a parameter to control the type of cipher you want (currently supported: AES-128-CBC and AES-256-CBC).

### 3. Add the setup code

[](#3-add-the-setup-code)

Before calling the library, add this setup code as early as possible:

```
use function Folded\setEncryptionKey;

setEncryptionKey("xIYrZSsCV6hx9x/Q4bka1PejU+aSaMerJQFSYr3QnTE=");
```

Examples
--------

[](#examples)

- [1. Encrypt a string](#1-encrypt-a-string)
- [2. Decrypt a string](#2-decrypt-a-string)

### 1. Encrypt a string

[](#1-encrypt-a-string)

In this example, we will get the encrypted version of a string.

```
use function Folded\getEncryptedString;

$encryptedText = getEncryptedString("hello world");
```

### 2. Decrypt a string

[](#2-decrypt-a-string)

In this example, we will decrypt a previously encrypted text.

```
use function Folded\getDecryptedString;

$encryptedString = "...";
$decryptedString = getDecryptedString($encryptedString);
```

Note it will only decrypt encrypted string from the `getEncryptedString()` function.

Also note that if you encrypt a string with a key A, and you change the key A for a new key, the `getDecryptedString` will not be able to successfuly decrypt the text and get the original text so be careful to save your key in somewhere safe (generally in a .env file).

Version support
---------------

[](#version-support)

7.37.48.0v0.1.0❌✔️❓

###  Health Score

21

—

LowBetter than 18% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity2

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity46

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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

Every ~13 days

Total

2

Last Release

2101d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15908747?v=4)[Anwar](/maintainers/khalyomede)[@khalyomede](https://github.com/khalyomede)

---

Top Contributors

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---

Tags

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