Encrypt and decrypt data using private/public keys

This package allows you to easily generate a private/public key pairs, and encrypt/decrypt messages using those keys.

use Spatie\Crypto\KeyPair;
use Spatie\Crypto\PrivateKey;
use Spatie\Crypto\PublicKey;

// generating a key pair
[$privateKey, $publicKey] = (new KeyPair())->generate();

// when passing paths, the generate keys will be written those paths
(new KeyPair())->generate($pathToPrivateKey, $pathToPublicKey);

$data = 'my secret data';

$privateKey = PrivateKey::fromFile($pathToPrivateKey);
$encryptedData = $privateKey->encrypt($data); // returns something unreadable

$publicKey = PublicKey::fromFile($pathToPublicKey);
$decryptedData = $publicKey->decrypt($encryptedData); // returns 'my secret data'

Most functions in this package are wrappers around open_ssl_* functions to improve DX.

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Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require spatie/crypto

Usage

You can generate a key pair using the generate function on the KeyPair class.

[$privateKey, $publicKey] = (new Spatie\Crypto\KeyPair())->generate();

You can write the keys to disk, by passing paths to the generate function.

// when passing paths, the generate keys will to those paths
(new Spatie\Crypto\KeyPair())->generate($pathToPrivateKey, $pathToPublicKey)

Loading keys

To load a key from a file use the fromFile static method.

Spatie\Crypto\PrivateKey::fromFile($pathToPrivateKey);
Spatie\Crypto\PrivateKey::fromFile($pathToPublicKey);

Alternatively, you can also create a key object using a string.

Spatie\Crypto\PrivateKey::fromString($privateKeyString);
Spatie\Crypto\PrivateKey::fromString($publicKeyString);

Encrypting a message with a private key, decrypting with the public key

Here's how you can encrypt data using the private key, and how to decrypt it using the public key.

$data = 'my secret data';

$privateKey = Spatie\Crypto\PrivateKey::fromFile($pathToPrivateKey);
$encryptedData = $privateKey->encrypt($data); // encrypted data contains something unreadable

$publicKey = Spatie\Crypto\PublicKey::fromFile($pathToPublicKey);
$decryptedData = $publicKey->decrypt($encryptedData); // decrypted data contains 'my secret data'

If decrypt cannot decrypt the given data (maybe a non-matching private key was used to encrypt the data, or maybe tampered with the data), an exception of class Spatie\Crypto\Exceptions\CouldNotDecryptData will be thrown.

Encrypting a message with a public key, decrypting with the private key

Here's how you can encrypt data using the public key, and how to decrypt it using the private key.

$data = 'my secret data';

$publicKey = Spatie\Crypto\PublicKey::fromFile($pathToPublicKey);
$encryptedData = $publicKey->encrypt($data); // encrypted data contains something unreadable

$privateKey = Spatie\Crypto\PrivateKey::fromFile($pathToPrivateKey);
$decryptedData = $privateKey->decrypt($encryptedData); // decrypted data contains 'my secret data'

If decrypt cannot decrypt the given data (maybe a non-matching public key was used to encrypt the data, or maybe tampered with the data), an exception of class Spatie\Crypto\Exceptions\CouldNotDecryptData will be thrown.

Determining if the data can be decrypted

Both the PublicKey and PrivateKey class have a canDecrypt method to determine if given data can be decrypted.

Spatie\Crypto\PrivateKey::fromFile($pathToPublicKey)->canDecrypt($data) // returns a boolean;
Spatie\Crypto\PublicKey::fromFile($pathToPublicKey)->canDecrypt($data) // returns a boolean;

Testing

composer test

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

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Credits

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.

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