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openssl_private_encrypt

Encrypts data with private key (PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5)
bool openssl_private_encrypt ( string data, string &crypted, mixed key [, int padding] )

openssl_private_encrypt() encrypts data with private key and stores the result into crypted. Encrypted data can be decrypted via openssl_public_decrypt().

This function can be used e.g. to sign data (or its hash) to prove that it is not written by someone else.

Parameters

data
crypted
key
padding

padding defaults to OPENSSL_PKCS1_PADDING, but can also be OPENSSL_NO_PADDING.

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.