From ddcfad2b60455912aac4917cee120de4081ff4dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nikos Mavroyanopoulos <nmav@php.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 19:46:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Added a warning for not using ascii keys to mcrypt functions.

git-svn-id: https://svn.php.net/repository/phpdoc/en/trunk@34015 c90b9560-bf6c-de11-be94-00142212c4b1
---
 functions/mcrypt.xml | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/functions/mcrypt.xml b/functions/mcrypt.xml
index 2e40511583..a38377e982 100644
--- a/functions/mcrypt.xml
+++ b/functions/mcrypt.xml
@@ -961,7 +961,9 @@ foreach ($modes as $mode) {
     <para>
      <parameter>Key</parameter> is the key with which the data
      will be encrypted. If it's smaller that the required keysize, it
-     is padded with '\0'.
+     is padded with '\0'. It is better not to use ASCII strings for
+     keys. It is recommended to use the mhash functions to create a key 
+     from a string.
     </para>
     <para>
      <parameter>Data</parameter> is the data that will be encrypted