== How to fix it in Mcrypt === Code examples include::../../common/fix/code-rationale.adoc[] ==== Noncompliant code example [source,php,diff-id=1,diff-type=noncompliant] ---- mcrypt_encrypt(MCRYPT_DES, $key, $plaintext, $mode); // Noncompliant ---- ==== Compliant solution Mcrypt is deprecated and should not be used. You can use https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.sodium.php[Sodium] instead. [source,php,diff-id=1,diff-type=compliant] ---- sodium_crypto_aead_aes256gcm_encrypt($plaintext, '', $nonce, $key); ---- === How does this work? include::../../common/fix/strong-cryptography.adoc[]