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olragon/laravel-openssl-encryption
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Laravel 4 encryption package that uses the PHP openssl extension

1.0(13y ago)016MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since May 31Pushed 12y ago1 watchersCompare

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laravel-openssl-encryption
==========================

[](#laravel-openssl-encryption)

Laravel 4 encryption package that uses the PHP **openssl** extension.

It can replace the default Laravel 4 encryption core package that uses the PHP **mcrypt** extension.

It has been created to run Laravel 4 apps on the [Google App Engine for PHP](https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/php/) platform that currently (may 2013) does not support the mcrypt extension.

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

[](#installation)

Add the neoxia/laravel-openssl-encryption package to your composer.json file.

```
"require": {
	"laravel/framework": "4.0.*",
	"neoxia/laravel-openssl-encryption": "1.0.*"
},

```

Install the package.

```
$ php composer.phar install

```

In the `app/config/app.php` file, register the `LaravelOpensslEncryptionServiceProvider` and comment the default `EncryptionServiceProvider`.

```
'providers' => array(

	...
	//'Illuminate\Encryption\EncryptionServiceProvider',
	'Neoxia\LaravelOpensslEncryption\LaravelOpensslEncryptionServiceProvider',
	...

```

One more thing ...

Currently, Laravel 4 checks if the PHP **mcrypt** extension is loaded and die if it is not !
So, to complete the installation, we have to bypass this check.
But unfortunately, this check is done in the `Illuminate\Foundation\start.php` script, at the heart of the framework bootstrap process.

To bypass the check, change the `start.php` script in the `vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Foundation` folder as follow.

```
if ( false and ! extension_loaded('mcrypt'))
{
	die('Laravel requires the Mcrypt PHP extension.'.PHP_EOL);

	exit(1);
}

```

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 41% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 78.6% 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

4781d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/47636?v=4)[Long Nguyen](/maintainers/olragon)[@olragon](https://github.com/olragon)

---

Top Contributors

[![gmergoil](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/476449?v=4)](https://github.com/gmergoil "gmergoil (11 commits)")[![olragon](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/47636?v=4)](https://github.com/olragon "olragon (3 commits)")

---

Tags

laravelopenssl

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