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Asked: 2026-05-26T03:37:32+00:00

I recently changed a few fields in a PHP form to store encrypted fields

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I recently changed a few fields in a PHP form to store encrypted fields using AES in a MySQL database. The same code is used to display the form results online through a web-based interface, so it works out great!

But! I was informed that another user connects directly to the database with Access via ODBC and sees only garbled info in those fields. Is there a way I can allow these fields to be shown fully in Access?

The encryption is AES and appears to be compatible with MySQL’s AES_DECRYPT, though there are trailing “\0\0\0\0” after each value in the query.

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  1. Editorial Team

    The Access table should have the LONGBINARY (OLE Object) data type.

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