[#EVP_CIPHER_is_a]
= EVP_CIPHER_is_a
:mrdocs:

Test whether `cipher` is known under algorithm name `name.`

== Synopsis

Declared in `<openssl/evp.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
int
EVP_CIPHER_is_a(
    xref:EVP_CIPHER-07.adoc[EVP_CIPHER] const* cipher,
    char const* name);
----

== Return Value

1 if `name` identifies `cipher,` or 0 otherwise.

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *cipher*
| Cipher implementation to query.
| *name*
| Algorithm name or alias (for example "AES‐128‐CBC").
|===


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