sodium_crypto_aead_chacha20poly1305_keygen

Function • Return type changed in PHP 8.0

Generate a random ChaCha20-Poly1305 key.

PHP 5
PHP 7.0-7.1
PHP 7.2
Added
PHP 7.3-7.4
PHP 8.0
Improved
PHP 8.1
PHP 8.2
PHP 8.3
PHP 8.4
PHP 8.5

sodium_crypto_aead_chacha20poly1305_keygen Function synopsis

sodium_crypto_aead_chacha20poly1305_keygen(): string

Parameters

sodium_crypto_aead_chacha20poly1305_keygen does not take any parameters.

Return value

Typestring

Returns a 256-bit random key.

Changes to the sodium_crypto_aead_chacha20poly1305_keygen Function

PHP 8.0

  • Return type added: string

PHP 7.2

  • Function added

sodium_crypto_aead_chacha20poly1305_keygen Function Availability

PHP VersionAvailability
PHP 8.5Future Release Yes
PHP 8.4Upcoming Release Yes
PHP 8.3Supported (Latest) Yes
PHP 8.2Supported Yes
PHP 8.1Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.3Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.2Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.1Unsupported No
PHP 7.0Unsupported No
PHP 5.6Unsupported No
PHP 5.5Unsupported No
PHP 5.4Unsupported No
PHP 5.3Unsupported No