function Php::generate

Overrides UuidInterface::generate

File

core/lib/Drupal/Component/Uuid/Php.php, line 16

Class

Php

Generates a UUID v4 (RFC 4122 section 4.4) using PHP code.

Namespace

Code

public function generate() {
    // Obtain a random string of 32 hex characters.
    $hex = bin2hex(random_bytes(16));
    // The variable names $time_low, $time_mid, $time_hi_and_version,
    // $clock_seq_hi_and_reserved, $clock_seq_low, and $node correlate to
    // the fields defined in RFC 4122 section 4.1.2.
    //
    // Use characters 0-11 to generate 32-bit $time_low and 16-bit $time_mid.
    $time_low = substr($hex, 0, 8);
    $time_mid = substr($hex, 8, 4);
    // Use characters 12-15 to generate 16-bit $time_hi_and_version.
    // The 4 most significant bits are the version number (0100 == 0x4).
    // We simply skip character 12 from $hex, and concatenate the strings.
    $time_hi_and_version = '4' . substr($hex, 13, 3);
    // Use characters 16-17 to generate 8-bit $clock_seq_hi_and_reserved.
    // The 2 most significant bits are set to one and zero respectively.
    $clock_seq_hi_and_reserved = base_convert(substr($hex, 16, 2), 16, 10);
    $clock_seq_hi_and_reserved &= 0b111111;
    $clock_seq_hi_and_reserved |= 0b10000000;
    // Use characters 18-19 to generate 8-bit $clock_seq_low.
    $clock_seq_low = substr($hex, 18, 2);
    // Use characters 20-31 to generate 48-bit $node.
    $node = substr($hex, 20);
    // Re-combine as a UUID. $clock_seq_hi_and_reserved is still an integer.
    $uuid = sprintf('%s-%s-%s-%02x%s-%s', $time_low, $time_mid, $time_hi_and_version, $clock_seq_hi_and_reserved, $clock_seq_low, $node);
    return $uuid;
}