sodium_crypto_secretbox

Function • Misc changes in PHP 8.2

Authenticated shared-key encryption.

PHP 5
PHP 7.0-7.1
PHP 7.2
Added
PHP 7.3-7.4
PHP 8.0
Improved
PHP 8.1-8.2
PHP 8.3-8.4
PHP 8.5
PHP 8.6

sodium_crypto_secretbox Function synopsis

sodium_crypto_secretbox(
    string $message,
    string $nonce,
    string $key
  ): string

Parameters

$message

Typestring

The plaintext message to encrypt.

$nonce

Typestring

A number that must be only used once, per message. 24 bytes long. This is a large enough bound to generate randomly (i.e. random_bytes).

$key

Typestring

Encryption key (256-bit).

Return value

Typestring

Returns the encrypted string.

Changes to the sodium_crypto_secretbox Function

PHP 8.2

PHP 8.0

  • Return type added: string
  • Parameter name of parameter #1 changed: $string to $message
  • Parameter type added for parameter #1 ($message): string
  • Parameter type added for parameter #2 ($nonce): string
  • Parameter type added for parameter #3 ($key): string
  sodium_crypto_secretbox(
-     $string,
+     string $message,
-     $nonce,
+     string $nonce,
-     $key
+     string $key
-   )
+   ): string

PHP 7.2

  • Function added

sodium_crypto_secretbox Function Availability

PHP VersionAvailability
PHP 8.6Upcoming Release Yes
PHP 8.5Supported (Latest) Yes
PHP 8.4Supported Yes
PHP 8.3Supported Yes
PHP 8.2Security-Fixes Only 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