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mcrypt_get_cipher_name

mcrypt_get_cipher_name -- Get the name of the specified cipher

Description

string mcrypt_get_cipher_name(int cipher);

mcrypt_get_cipher_name() is used to get the name of the specified cipher.

mcrypt_get_cipher_name() takes the cipher number as an argument and returns the name of the cipher or false, if the cipher does not exist.

Example 1. mcrypt_get_cipher_name example

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  2 <?php
  3 $cipher = MCRYPT_TripleDES;
  4 
  5 print mcrypt_get_cipher_name($cipher);
  6 ?>
  7 

The above example will produce: 
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  2 TripleDES
  3 

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