anotherzero/laravel-openssl-encryption-4x

Laravel 4 encryption package that uses the PHP openssl extension

laravel-openssl-encryption

Laravel 4 encryption package that uses the PHP openssl extension., _(*1)

It can replace the default Laravel 4 encryption core package that uses the PHP mcrypt extension., _(*2)

It has been created to run Laravel 4 apps on the Google App Engine for PHP platform that currently (may 2013) does not support the mcrypt extension., _(*3)

Installation

Add the anotherzero/laravel-openssl-encryption package to your composer.json file., _(*4)

"require": {
    "laravel/framework": "4.0.*",
    "anotherzero/laravel-openssl-encryption-4x": "1.0.*"
},

Install the package., _(*5)

$ php composer.phar install

In the app/config/app.php file, register the LaravelOpensslEncryptionServiceProvider and comment the default EncryptionServiceProvider., _(*6)

'providers' => array(

    ...
    //'Illuminate\Encryption\EncryptionServiceProvider',
    'Neoxia\LaravelOpensslEncryption\LaravelOpensslEncryptionServiceProvider',
    ...

One more thing ..., _(*7)

Currently, Laravel 4 checks if the PHP mcrypt extension is loaded and die if it is not !
So, to complete the installation, we have to bypass this check.
But unfortunately, this check is done in the Illuminate\Foundation\start.php script, at the heart of the framework bootstrap process., _(*8)

To bypass the check, change the start.php script in the vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Foundation folder as follow., _(*9)

if ( false and ! extension_loaded('mcrypt'))
{
    die('Laravel requires the Mcrypt PHP extension.'.PHP_EOL);

    exit(1);
}