(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)
openssl_get_cipher_methods — Gets available cipher methods
Gets a list of available cipher methods.
An array of available cipher methods. Note that prior to OpenSSL 1.1.1, the cipher methods have been returned in upper case and lower case spelling; as of OpenSSL 1.1.1 only the lower case variants are returned.
Example #1 openssl_get_cipher_methods() example
Shows how the available ciphers might look, and also which aliases might be available.
<?php
$ciphers = openssl_get_cipher_methods();
$ciphers_and_aliases = openssl_get_cipher_methods(true);
$cipher_aliases = array_diff($ciphers_and_aliases, $ciphers);
//ECB mode should be avoided
$ciphers = array_filter( $ciphers, function($n) { return stripos($n,"ecb")===FALSE; } );
//At least as early as Aug 2016, Openssl declared the following weak: RC2, RC4, DES, 3DES, MD5 based
$ciphers = array_filter( $ciphers, function($c) { return stripos($c,"des")===FALSE; } );
$ciphers = array_filter( $ciphers, function($c) { return stripos($c,"rc2")===FALSE; } );
$ciphers = array_filter( $ciphers, function($c) { return stripos($c,"rc4")===FALSE; } );
$ciphers = array_filter( $ciphers, function($c) { return stripos($c,"md5")===FALSE; } );
$cipher_aliases = array_filter($cipher_aliases,function($c) { return stripos($c,"des")===FALSE; } );
$cipher_aliases = array_filter($cipher_aliases,function($c) { return stripos($c,"rc2")===FALSE; } );
print_r($ciphers);
print_r($cipher_aliases);
?>The above example will output something similar to:
Array
(
[0] => aes-128-cbc
[1] => aes-128-cbc-hmac-sha1
[2] => aes-128-cbc-hmac-sha256
[3] => aes-128-ccm
[4] => aes-128-cfb
[5] => aes-128-cfb1
[6] => aes-128-cfb8
[7] => aes-128-ctr
[9] => aes-128-gcm
[10] => aes-128-ocb
[11] => aes-128-ofb
[12] => aes-128-xts
[13] => aes-192-cbc
[14] => aes-192-ccm
[15] => aes-192-cfb
[16] => aes-192-cfb1
[17] => aes-192-cfb8
[18] => aes-192-ctr
[20] => aes-192-gcm
[21] => aes-192-ocb
[22] => aes-192-ofb
[23] => aes-256-cbc
[24] => aes-256-cbc-hmac-sha1
[25] => aes-256-cbc-hmac-sha256
[26] => aes-256-ccm
[27] => aes-256-cfb
[28] => aes-256-cfb1
[29] => aes-256-cfb8
[30] => aes-256-ctr
[32] => aes-256-gcm
[33] => aes-256-ocb
[34] => aes-256-ofb
[35] => aes-256-xts
[36] => aria-128-cbc
[37] => aria-128-ccm
[38] => aria-128-cfb
[39] => aria-128-cfb1
[40] => aria-128-cfb8
[41] => aria-128-ctr
[43] => aria-128-gcm
[44] => aria-128-ofb
[45] => aria-192-cbc
[46] => aria-192-ccm
[47] => aria-192-cfb
[48] => aria-192-cfb1
[49] => aria-192-cfb8
[50] => aria-192-ctr
[52] => aria-192-gcm
[53] => aria-192-ofb
[54] => aria-256-cbc
[55] => aria-256-ccm
[56] => aria-256-cfb
[57] => aria-256-cfb1
[58] => aria-256-cfb8
[59] => aria-256-ctr
[61] => aria-256-gcm
[62] => aria-256-ofb
[63] => bf-cbc
[64] => bf-cfb
[66] => bf-ofb
[67] => camellia-128-cbc
[68] => camellia-128-cfb
[69] => camellia-128-cfb1
[70] => camellia-128-cfb8
[71] => camellia-128-ctr
[73] => camellia-128-ofb
[74] => camellia-192-cbc
[75] => camellia-192-cfb
[76] => camellia-192-cfb1
[77] => camellia-192-cfb8
[78] => camellia-192-ctr
[80] => camellia-192-ofb
[81] => camellia-256-cbc
[82] => camellia-256-cfb
[83] => camellia-256-cfb1
[84] => camellia-256-cfb8
[85] => camellia-256-ctr
[87] => camellia-256-ofb
[88] => cast5-cbc
[89] => cast5-cfb
[91] => cast5-ofb
[92] => chacha20
[93] => chacha20-poly1305
[111] => id-aes128-CCM
[112] => id-aes128-GCM
[113] => id-aes128-wrap
[114] => id-aes128-wrap-pad
[115] => id-aes192-CCM
[116] => id-aes192-GCM
[117] => id-aes192-wrap
[118] => id-aes192-wrap-pad
[119] => id-aes256-CCM
[120] => id-aes256-GCM
[121] => id-aes256-wrap
[122] => id-aes256-wrap-pad
[124] => idea-cbc
[125] => idea-cfb
[127] => idea-ofb
[137] => seed-cbc
[138] => seed-cfb
[140] => seed-ofb
[141] => sm4-cbc
[142] => sm4-cfb
[143] => sm4-ctr
[145] => sm4-ofb
)
Array
(
[36] => aes128
[37] => aes128-wrap
[38] => aes192
[39] => aes192-wrap
[40] => aes256
[41] => aes256-wrap
[69] => aria128
[70] => aria192
[71] => aria256
[72] => bf
[77] => blowfish
[99] => camellia128
[100] => camellia192
[101] => camellia256
[102] => cast
[103] => cast-cbc
[146] => idea
[164] => seed
[169] => sm4
)