Yup, I realize that beforeSave() is a little wonky. My fault for not testing before making a major change. Update coming tonight on Github.

THIS CONTENT IS OUT OF DATE! IF YOU’RE USING CAKE 2, YOU SHOULDN’T READ THIS. Here’s a quickie – a Cipher behavior for CakePHP to handle two-way encryption of sensitive data. If you want to store, say, credit card information, you’ll need a way to retrieve it later; Cake’s built-in security hashing is one-way, meaning that once it’s encrypted it [...]