note encryptString

documentation.md

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-    - [Encryption](/docs/{{version}}/encryption)
-    - [Hashing](/docs/{{version}}/hashing)
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     - [Cache](/docs/{{version}}/cache)
+    - [Collections](/docs/{{version}}/collections)
+    - [Console Commands](/docs/{{version}}/artisan)
+    - [Encryption](/docs/{{version}}/encryption)
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+    - [Hashing](/docs/{{version}}/hashing)
+    - [Helpers](/docs/{{version}}/helpers)
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encryption.md

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         }
     }
 
-> {note} Encrypted values are passed through `serialize` during encryption, which allows for encryption of objects and arrays. Thus, non-PHP clients receiving encrypted values will need to `unserialize` the data.
+#### Encrypting Without Serialization
+
+Encrypted values are passed through `serialize` during encryption, which allows for encryption of objects and arrays. Thus, non-PHP clients receiving encrypted values will need to `unserialize` the data. If you would like to encrypt and decrypt values without serialization, you may use the `encryptString` and `decryptString` methods of the `Crypt` facade:
+
+    $encrypted = Crypt::encryptString('Hello world.');
+
+    $decrypted = Crypt::decryptString($encrypted);
 
 #### Decrypting A Value