On 25/06/2024 16:27, Marco Pivetta wrote:
* `uniqid()`, in my case (XKCD 1172) is largely used for quickly
generating a semi-random string for test purposes: a suitable
replacement PRNG implementation would be welcome. Even refactoring
with tools like Rector will lead to quite messy code, or added
dependencies. IMO fine to get rid of **this specific implementation**,
if a safe function is provided, such as `random_ascii_string()` or
such (dunno, just a hint)
Agreed, the implementation is weird, but nothing else matches the
convenience to just get "some random printable bytes". As of PHP 8.3, we
finally have Random\Randomizer::getBytesFromString, but the comparison
is pretty stark:
$foo = uniqid();
$foo = (new
\Random\Randomizer)->getBytesFromString('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789',
13);
Alternatively, you have the shorter but slightly cryptic:
$foo = bin2hex(random_bytes(6));
Then again, if you _actually_ want it to be unique, rather than random,
those aren't the right replacements anyway.
I'd love to replace uniqid() with *something*, but I don't think we have
that thing yet.
--
Rowan Tommins
[IMSoP]
