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sodium_crypto_aead_xchacha20poly1305_ietf_encrypt

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(PHP 7 >= 7.2.0, PHP 8)

(Preferred) Encrypt then authenticate with XChaCha20-Poly1305

Description

sodium_crypto_aead_xchacha20poly1305_ietf_encrypt(string $message, string $additional_data, string $nonce, string $key): string

Encrypt then authenticate with XChaCha20-Poly1305 (eXtended-nonce variant).

Generally, XChaCha20-Poly1305 is the best of the provided AEAD modes to use.

message: The plaintext message to encrypt.
additional_data: Additional, authenticated data. This is used in the verification of the authentication tag appended to the ciphertext, but it is not encrypted or stored in the ciphertext.
nonce: 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: Encryption key (256-bit).

Returns the ciphertext and authentication tag as a string of raw binary bytes.