Encrypting

[Craig Hopson]

hi i have this function to encrypt data in cookies is this the correct way?

<?phpdefine('SALT', 'hyDap4XQ6TDu');function encrypt($text){    return trim(base64_encode(mcrypt_encrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, SALT, $text, MCRYPT_MODE_ECB, mcrypt_create_iv(mcrypt_get_iv_size(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, MCRYPT_MODE_ECB), MCRYPT_RAND))));}function decrypt($text){    return trim(mcrypt_decrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, SALT, base64_decode($text), MCRYPT_MODE_ECB, mcrypt_create_iv(mcrypt_get_iv_size(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, MCRYPT_MODE_ECB), MCRYPT_RAND)));}?>

[justsomeguy]

There's not one correct way to encrypt. If that works for you, then use it.

[Craig Hopson]

thanks