Gets the key size of the specified cipher

int mcrypt_get_key_size ( int $cipher )

int mcrypt_get_key_size ( string $cipher , string $module )

The first prototype is when linked against libmcrypt 2.2.x, the second when linked against libmcrypt 2.4.x or 2.5.x.

mcrypt_get_key_size() is used to get the size of a key of the specified cipher (in combination with an encryption mode).

It is more useful to use the mcrypt_enc_get_key_size() function as this uses the resource returned by mcrypt_module_open().

Example #1 mcrypt_get_key_size() Example


<?php
    echo mcrypt_get_key_size('tripledes', 'ecb');
?>

The example above shows how to use this function when linked against libmcrypt 2.4.x or 2.5.x.

The above example will output:

mcrypt_get_key_size