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<refentry xml:id="function.mcrypt-list-algorithms" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>mcrypt_list_algorithms</refname>
  <refpurpose>Get an array of all supported ciphers</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>array</type><methodname>mcrypt_list_algorithms</methodname>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>lib_dir</parameter><initializer>ini_get("mcrypt.algorithms_dir")</initializer></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Gets the list of all supported algorithms in the
   <parameter>lib_dir</parameter> parameter.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>lib_dir</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Specifies the directory where all algorithms are located. If not
       specifies, the value of the mcrypt.algorithms_dir &php.ini; directive
       is used.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns an array with all the supported algorithms.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><function>mcrypt_list_algorithms</function> Example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
    $algorithms = mcrypt_list_algorithms("/usr/local/lib/libmcrypt");

    foreach ($algorithms as $cipher) {
        echo "$cipher<br />\n";
    }
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    <para>
     The above example will produce a list with all supported
     algorithms in the "<filename>/usr/local/lib/libmcrypt</filename>" directory.
    </para>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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