<?php
// The $key must be kept confidential
$key = random_bytes(SODIUM_CRYPTO_SECRETBOX_KEYBYTES);
// Do not reuse $nonce with the same key
$nonce = random_bytes(SODIUM_CRYPTO_SECRETBOX_NONCEBYTES);
$ciphertext = sodium_crypto_secretbox('message to be encrypted', $nonce, $key);
// The same nonce and key are required to decrypt the $ciphertext
$plaintext = sodium_crypto_secretbox_open($ciphertext, $nonce, $key);
if ($plaintext !== false) {
echo $plaintext . PHP_EOL;
}
?>
The above example will output: