Encryption is a complicated topic and one that, when done incorrectly, could result in sensitive data being exposed to bad actors or lost due to an inability to decrypt that data at a later date. The PHP Simple Encryption library is designed to simplify the process of encrypting and decrypting data while ensuring best practices are followed. By default is uses a secure encryption algorithm and generates a cryptologically strong initialization vector (more on that later) so developers do not need to become experts in encryption to securely store sensitive data. Continue reading →