[PHP-NOTES] note 130808 added to function.sodium-memzero

[email protected] ("Anonymous") Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:11:59 +0000
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<?php

$key = random_bytes(SODIUM_CRYPTO_SECRETBOX_KEYBYTES);

$message = "Customer financial data";
$nonce = random_bytes(SODIUM_CRYPTO_SECRETBOX_NONCEBYTES);

$ciphertext = sodium_crypto_secretbox($message, $nonce, $key);

// Key no longer needed
sodium_memzero($key);

var_dump($key); // Usually becomes an empty string
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Edit        -- https://main.php.net/note/edit/130808
Del: integrated  -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/130808/integrated
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Del: non-english -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/130808/non-english
Del: in docs     -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/130808/in+docs
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