mcrypt_get_cipher_namePHP ManualPrevNextmcrypt_get_cipher_namemcrypt_get_cipher_name -- Get the name of the specified cipherDescriptionstring mcrypt_get_cipher_name(int cipher); mcrypt_get_cipher_name() is used to get the name of the specified cipher. mcrypt_get_cipher_name() takes the cipher number as an argument and returns the name of the cipher or false, if the cipher does not exist. Example 1. mcrypt_get_cipher_name example 1  2 <?php 3 $cipher = MCRYPT_TripleDES; 4  5 print mcrypt_get_cipher_name($cipher); 6 ?> 7  The above example will produce: 1  2 TripleDES 3  PrevHomeNextEncryption functionsUpmcrypt_get_block_size