ss="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">Encrypted data or FALSE on failure</p>
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<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">string</p>
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<p>Encrypts the input data and returns its ciphertext.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$ciphertext</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span 