PHP Class Neos\Flow\Utility\Algorithms

Public Methods

Method	Description
generateRandomBytes ( integer $count ) : string	Returns a string of random bytes.
generateRandomString ( integer $count, string $characters = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789' ) : string	Returns a random string with alpha-numeric characters.
generateRandomToken ( integer $count ) : string	Returns a random token in hex format.
generateUUID ( ) : string	Generates a universally unique identifier (UUID) according to RFC 4122.

Returns a string of random bytes.

public static generateRandomBytes ( integer $count ) : string
$count	integer	Number of bytes to generate
return	string	Random bytes

Returns a random string with alpha-numeric characters.

public static generateRandomString ( integer $count, string $characters = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789' ) : string
$count	integer	Number of characters to generate
$characters	string	Allowed characters, defaults to alpha-numeric (a-zA-Z0-9)
return	string	A random string

Returns a random token in hex format.

public static generateRandomToken ( integer $count ) : string
$count	integer	Token length
return	string	A random token

The algorithm used here, might not be completely random. If php-uuid was installed it will be used instead to speed up the process.

public static generateUUID ( ) : string
return	string	The universally unique id