Re: Request #65501 uniqid(): More entropy parameter should be true by default

From: Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 10:08:47 +0000
Subject: Re: Request #65501 uniqid(): More entropy parameter should be true by default
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On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 11:28 AM, Lars Strojny <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> adding UUID functionality to the core would be very cool. Especially in
> times where we create more and more primary keys in the code, not in the
> database.
>
> cu,
> Lars
>

We already have a great (version 4) UUID implementation called
mcrypt_create_iv, just minus the fixed sequences and fancy formatting.
Apart from moving this to core (not requiring mcrypt/openssl) and maybe
adding alphabet support, I don't immediately see why this wouldn't be
sufficient. Why do we need fancy UUID formatting or "unique hashes"
(whatever that is supposed to be...)?

Nikita


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