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# mcrypt_enc_get_algorithms_name

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5)

mcrypt_enc_get_algorithms_name -- Returns the name of the opened algorithm

## Description

string mcrypt_enc_get_algorithms_name ( resource td )

This function returns the name of the algorithm.

Example 1. mcrypt_enc_get_algorithms_name() example
`<?php $td = mcrypt_module_open(MCRYPT_CAST_256, '', MCRYPT_MODE_CFB, ''); echo mcrypt_enc_get_algorithms_name($td). "\n"; $td = mcrypt_module_open('cast-256', '', MCRYPT_MODE_CFB, ''); echo mcrypt_enc_get_algorithms_name($td). "\n"; ?>`
The above example will output:
    CAST-256
    CAST-256

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