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Javascript Base64 Encoding

Encoding in Base64 is helpful in many web applications from password to other binary data encryption. PHP is very good at encrypting and comes with libraries that make this task trivial:



		
		
			
			
PHP
			
			<?php
// Password to be encrypted for a .htpasswd file
$clearTextPassword = 'some password';

// Encrypt password
$password = crypt($clearTextPassword, base64_encode($clearTextPassword));

// Print encrypted password
echo $password;
?>
			
				
					
				
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						<?php
// Password to be encrypted for a .htpasswd file
$clearTextPassword = 'some password';
 
// Encrypt password
$password = crypt($clearTextPassword, base64_encode($clearTextPassword));
 
// Print encrypted password
echo $password;
?>

However, it is often helpful to make web forms and interfaces that perform these tasks live or with user input without exercising _POST. This can be done with javascript as well to provide a real-time functionality. This code snip is from the webtoolkit and makes for a great webform.



		
		
			
			
JavaScript
			
			/**
*
*  Base64 encode / decode
*  http://www.webtoolkit.info/
*
**/

var Base64 = {

	// private property
	_keyStr : "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=",

	// public method for encoding
	encode : function (input) {
		var output = "";
		var chr1, chr2, chr3, enc1, enc2, enc3, enc4;
		var i = 0;

		input = Base64._utf8_encode(input);

		while (i < input.length) {

			chr1 = input.charCodeAt(i++);
			chr2 = input.charCodeAt(i++);
			chr3 = input.charCodeAt(i++);

			enc1 = chr1 >> 2;
			enc2 = ((chr1 & 3) << 4) | (chr2 >> 4);
			enc3 = ((chr2 & 15) << 2) | (chr3 >> 6);
			enc4 = chr3 & 63;

			if (isNaN(chr2)) {
				enc3 = enc4 = 64;
			} else if (isNaN(chr3)) {
				enc4 = 64;
			}

			output = output +
			this._keyStr.charAt(enc1) + this._keyStr.charAt(enc2) +
			this._keyStr.charAt(enc3) + this._keyStr.charAt(enc4);

		}

		return output;
	},

	// public method for decoding
	decode : function (input) {
		var output = "";
		var chr1, chr2, chr3;
		var enc1, enc2, enc3, enc4;
		var i = 0;

		input = input.replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9\+\/\=]/g, "");

		while (i < input.length) {

			enc1 = this._keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
			enc2 = this._keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
			enc3 = this._keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
			enc4 = this._keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));

			chr1 = (enc1 << 2) | (enc2 >> 4);
			chr2 = ((enc2 & 15) << 4) | (enc3 >> 2);
			chr3 = ((enc3 & 3) << 6) | enc4;

			output = output + String.fromCharCode(chr1);

			if (enc3 != 64) {
				output = output + String.fromCharCode(chr2);
			}
			if (enc4 != 64) {
				output = output + String.fromCharCode(chr3);
			}

		}

		output = Base64._utf8_decode(output);

		return output;

	},

	// private method for UTF-8 encoding
	_utf8_encode : function (string) {
		string = string.replace(/\r\n/g,"\n");
		var utftext = "";

		for (var n = 0; n < string.length; n++) {

			var c = string.charCodeAt(n);

			if (c < 128) {
				utftext += String.fromCharCode(c);
			}
			else if((c > 127) && (c < 2048)) {
				utftext += String.fromCharCode((c >> 6) | 192);
				utftext += String.fromCharCode((c & 63) | 128);
			}
			else {
				utftext += String.fromCharCode((c >> 12) | 224);
				utftext += String.fromCharCode(((c >> 6) & 63) | 128);
				utftext += String.fromCharCode((c & 63) | 128);
			}

		}

		return utftext;
	},

	// private method for UTF-8 decoding
	_utf8_decode : function (utftext) {
		var string = "";
		var i = 0;
		var c = c1 = c2 = 0;

		while ( i < utftext.length ) {

			c = utftext.charCodeAt(i);

			if (c < 128) {
				string += String.fromCharCode(c);
				i++;
			}
			else if((c > 191) && (c < 224)) {
				c2 = utftext.charCodeAt(i+1);
				string += String.fromCharCode(((c & 31) << 6) | (c2 & 63));
				i += 2;
			}
			else {
				c2 = utftext.charCodeAt(i+1);
				c3 = utftext.charCodeAt(i+2);
				string += String.fromCharCode(((c & 15) << 12) | ((c2 & 63) << 6) | (c3 & 63));
				i += 3;
			}

		}

		return string;
	}

}
			
				
					
				
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						/**
*
*  Base64 encode / decode
*  http://www.webtoolkit.info/
*
**/
 
var Base64 = {
 
	// private property
	_keyStr : "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=",
 
	// public method for encoding
	encode : function (input) {
		var output = "";
		var chr1, chr2, chr3, enc1, enc2, enc3, enc4;
		var i = 0;
 
		input = Base64._utf8_encode(input);
 
		while (i < input.length) {
 
			chr1 = input.charCodeAt(i++);
			chr2 = input.charCodeAt(i++);
			chr3 = input.charCodeAt(i++);
 
			enc1 = chr1 >> 2;
			enc2 = ((chr1 & 3) << 4) | (chr2 >> 4);
			enc3 = ((chr2 & 15) << 2) | (chr3 >> 6);
			enc4 = chr3 & 63;
 
			if (isNaN(chr2)) {
				enc3 = enc4 = 64;
			} else if (isNaN(chr3)) {
				enc4 = 64;
			}
 
			output = output +
			this._keyStr.charAt(enc1) + this._keyStr.charAt(enc2) +
			this._keyStr.charAt(enc3) + this._keyStr.charAt(enc4);
 
		}
 
		return output;
	},
 
	// public method for decoding
	decode : function (input) {
		var output = "";
		var chr1, chr2, chr3;
		var enc1, enc2, enc3, enc4;
		var i = 0;
 
		input = input.replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9\+\/\=]/g, "");
 
		while (i < input.length) {
 
			enc1 = this._keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
			enc2 = this._keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
			enc3 = this._keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
			enc4 = this._keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
 
			chr1 = (enc1 << 2) | (enc2 >> 4);
			chr2 = ((enc2 & 15) << 4) | (enc3 >> 2);
			chr3 = ((enc3 & 3) << 6) | enc4;
 
			output = output + String.fromCharCode(chr1);
 
			if (enc3 != 64) {
				output = output + String.fromCharCode(chr2);
			}
			if (enc4 != 64) {
				output = output + String.fromCharCode(chr3);
			}
 
		}
 
		output = Base64._utf8_decode(output);
 
		return output;
 
	},
 
	// private method for UTF-8 encoding
	_utf8_encode : function (string) {
		string = string.replace(/\r\n/g,"\n");
		var utftext = "";
 
		for (var n = 0; n < string.length; n++) {
 
			var c = string.charCodeAt(n);
 
			if (c < 128) {
				utftext += String.fromCharCode(c);
			}
			else if((c > 127) && (c < 2048)) {
				utftext += String.fromCharCode((c >> 6) | 192);
				utftext += String.fromCharCode((c & 63) | 128);
			}
			else {
				utftext += String.fromCharCode((c >> 12) | 224);
				utftext += String.fromCharCode(((c >> 6) & 63) | 128);
				utftext += String.fromCharCode((c & 63) | 128);
			}
 
		}
 
		return utftext;
	},
 
	// private method for UTF-8 decoding
	_utf8_decode : function (utftext) {
		var string = "";
		var i = 0;
		var c = c1 = c2 = 0;
 
		while ( i < utftext.length ) {
 
			c = utftext.charCodeAt(i);
 
			if (c < 128) {
				string += String.fromCharCode(c);
				i++;
			}
			else if((c > 191) && (c < 224)) {
				c2 = utftext.charCodeAt(i+1);
				string += String.fromCharCode(((c & 31) << 6) | (c2 & 63));
				i += 2;
			}
			else {
				c2 = utftext.charCodeAt(i+1);
				c3 = utftext.charCodeAt(i+2);
				string += String.fromCharCode(((c & 15) << 12) | ((c2 & 63) << 6) | (c3 & 63));
				i += 3;
			}
 
		}
 
		return string;
	}
 
}

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