[PHP-NOTES] note 130816 added to function.sodium-crypto-secretbox

A typical safe pattern is to generate both the key and nonce, then store or transmit the nonce alongside the ciphertext.

<?php

// Generate a random key (must be kept secret)
$key = sodium_crypto_secretbox_keygen();

// Generate a unique nonce for this message (24 bytes)
$nonce = random_bytes(SODIUM_CRYPTO_SECRETBOX_NONCEBYTES);

$message = "Hello secure world";

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

// Store or transmit: nonce + ciphertext (key is kept secret)
$stored = base64_encode($nonce . $ciphertext);

// -------------------

// Decode and split
$decoded = base64_decode($stored, true);

$nonce = substr($decoded, 0, SODIUM_CRYPTO_SECRETBOX_NONCEBYTES);
$ciphertext = substr($decoded, SODIUM_CRYPTO_SECRETBOX_NONCEBYTES);

// Decrypt
$decrypted = sodium_crypto_secretbox_open($ciphertext, $nonce, $key);

if ($decrypted === false) {
    die("Decryption failed (message tampered or invalid key)");
}

echo $decrypted;

?>
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