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Use Better Route 1.1 cryptographic helpers for secure random tokens, Hex/Base64/Base64URL encoding, strict Base64URL decoding, and constant-time secret comparison. Use when implementing nonces, state, PKCE, opaque tokens, or signature comparisons.
Use the library helpers instead of reimplementing small security primitives.
use BetterRoute\Support\Crypto;
use BetterRoute\Support\CryptoEncoding;
$state = Crypto::token(32); // Base64URL by default.
$nonce = Crypto::token(32, CryptoEncoding::Base64Url);
$hex = Crypto::tokenHex(32);
$encoded = Crypto::base64UrlEncode($raw);
$decoded = Crypto::base64UrlDecode($encoded);
if (!Crypto::equals($expected, $provided)) {
throw new \BetterRoute\Http\ApiException('Invalid token.', 401, 'invalid_token');
}
Crypto::token() uses random_bytes() and accepts CryptoEncoding::Hex, Base64, or Base64Url, including their lowercase string values.Crypto::base64UrlDecode() validates alphabet, padding placement, length, and decoder success; catch RuntimeException at an input boundary if malformed input should become a client error.Crypto::equals() only with strings of the expected representation. Decode/normalize representations before comparing, but never perform lossy case normalization on secret material.br-single-use-token when a token must also be consumed atomically, br-hmac-signature for request signing, and br-jwks-jwt-auth for JWTs.Do not use these helpers as password hashing, encryption, key derivation, or a substitute for a protocol-specific verifier.
Source references: src/Support/Crypto.php, src/Support/CryptoEncoding.php.
name: br-crypto description: Use Better Route 1.1 cryptographic helpers for secure random tokens, Hex/Base64/Base64URL encoding, strict Base64URL decoding, and constant-time secret comparison. Use when implementing nonces, state, PKCE, opaque tokens, or signature comparisons. metadata: wp-skills-author: "Soczó Kristóf" wp-skills-contact: "mailto:lonsdale201@hotmail.com" wp-skills-plugin: "better-route" wp-skills-plugin-version-tested: "1.1.0" wp-skills-php-min: "8.1" wp-skills-last-updated: "2026-07-13"
---
name: br-crypto
description: Use Better Route 1.1 cryptographic helpers for secure random tokens, Hex/Base64/Base64URL encoding, strict Base64URL decoding, and constant-time secret comparison. Use when implementing nonces, state, PKCE, opaque tokens, or signature comparisons.
metadata:
wp-skills-author: "Soczó Kristóf"
wp-skills-contact: "mailto:lonsdale201@hotmail.com"
wp-skills-plugin: "better-route"
wp-skills-plugin-version-tested: "1.1.0"
wp-skills-php-min: "8.1"
wp-skills-last-updated: "2026-07-13"
---
# Better Route crypto helpers
Use the library helpers instead of reimplementing small security primitives.
```php
use BetterRoute\Support\Crypto;
use BetterRoute\Support\CryptoEncoding;
$state = Crypto::token(32); // Base64URL by default.
$nonce = Crypto::token(32, CryptoEncoding::Base64Url);
$hex = Crypto::tokenHex(32);
$encoded = Crypto::base64UrlEncode($raw);
$decoded = Crypto::base64UrlDecode($encoded);
if (!Crypto::equals($expected, $provided)) {
throw new \BetterRoute\Http\ApiException('Invalid token.', 401, 'invalid_token');
}
```
## Rules
- Pass entropy in bytes, not output-character count. The default 32 bytes provides 256 bits before encoding.
- `Crypto::token()` uses `random_bytes()` and accepts `CryptoEncoding::Hex`, `Base64`, or `Base64Url`, including their lowercase string values.
- `Crypto::base64UrlDecode()` validates alphabet, padding placement, length, and decoder success; catch `RuntimeException` at an input boundary if malformed input should become a client error.
- Use `Crypto::equals()` only with strings of the expected representation. Decode/normalize representations before comparing, but never perform lossy case normalization on secret material.
- Use `br-single-use-token` when a token must also be consumed atomically, `br-hmac-signature` for request signing, and `br-jwks-jwt-auth` for JWTs.
Do not use these helpers as password hashing, encryption, key derivation, or a substitute for a protocol-specific verifier.
Source references: `src/Support/Crypto.php`, `src/Support/CryptoEncoding.php`.
## References
- Official documentation: <https://lonsdale201.github.io/better-docs/docs/better-route/agents>
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Review before install: Avoid automatic install
License: MIT
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