    function encrypt($input)
    {
        // Create a random IV. Not using mcrypt to generate one, as to not have a dependency on it.
        $iv = substr(uniqid("", true), 0, Cipher::IV_SIZE);
        // Encrypt the data
        $encrypted = openssl_encrypt($input, "AES-256-CBC", $this->secretKey, 0, $iv);
        // Encode the data with IV as prefix
        return base64_encode($iv . $encrypted);
    }