Encrypt a string.
Encrypting the same string twice will return different values. You will need to decrypt an encrypted string to compare values.
| Parameter | Type | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| action | string | "EncryptPassword" | Required |
| password2 | string | The string to encrypt | Required |
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| result | string | The result of the operation: success or error |
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://www.example.com/includes/api.php');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,
http_build_query(
array(
'action' => 'EncryptPassword',
// See https://developers.whmcs.com/api/authentication
'username' => 'IDENTIFIER_OR_ADMIN_USERNAME',
'password' => 'SECRET_OR_HASHED_PASSWORD',
'password2' => 'teststring',
'responsetype' => 'json',
)
)
);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);$command = 'EncryptPassword';
$postData = array(
'password2' => 'teststring',
);
$adminUsername = 'ADMIN_USERNAME'; // Optional for WHMCS 7.2 and later
$results = localAPI($command, $postData, $adminUsername);
print_r($results);{
"result": "success",
"password": "vNRQzRPKQA6obJpHMHCBivS0D9\/Pf532oArYvewP"
}| Version | Changelog |
|---|---|
| 1.0 | Initial Version |