Python and PHP encryption/decryption

[Jean-Claude Neveu]

I'm looking for a recommendation about encryption/decryption packages 
for Python.

I'm working on a project that will require me to store some values in 
a database in encrypted format. I'll be storing them from a PHP 
script and retrieving them (decrypting them) using Python. I'm 
currently using PHP's mcrypt package to encrypt the values, and I'm 
using AES for encryption, so something AES-compatible would be ideal. 
However, the project is at the development stage so I can easily 
change how I'm encrypting things in PHP if there is a compelling 
reason on the Python side of things to do so.

Many Thanks,
Jean-Claude