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Randval

Since: 4.0.0

class Randval implements RandValInterface

Generates cryptographically-secure random values.

Methods

string
generate(int $bytes = 32)

Returns a cryptographically secure random value.

Details

string generate(int $bytes = 32)

Returns a cryptographically secure random value.

This method allows us to quickly address any future issues if we ever find problems with PHP's random_bytes() on some weird host (you can't be too careful when releasing mass-distributed software).

Parameters

int $bytes

How many bytes to return

Return Value

string