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(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5)

openssl_private_decrypt — Decrypts data with private key

bool openssl_private_decrypt ( string $data , string &$decrypted , mixed $key [, int $padding= OPENSSL_PKCS1_PADDING ] )

openssl_private_decrypt() decrypts data that was previous encrypted via openssl_public_encrypt() and stores the result into decrypted .

You can use this function e.g. to decrypt data which were supposed only to you.

data
decrypted
key: key must be the private key corresponding that was used to encrypt the data.
padding: padding defaults to OPENSSL_PKCS1_PADDING, but can also be one of OPENSSL_SSLV23_PADDING, OPENSSL_PKCS1_OAEP_PADDING, OPENSSL_NO_PADDING.

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.