function _update_manager_unique_identifier

Returns a short unique identifier for this Drupal installation.

Return value

string An eight character string uniquely identifying this Drupal installation.

2 calls to _update_manager_unique_identifier()
_update_manager_cache_directory in core/modules/update/update.module
Returns the directory where update archive files should be cached.
_update_manager_extract_directory in core/modules/update/update.module
Returns the directory where update archive files should be extracted.

File

core/modules/update/update.module, line 605

Code

function _update_manager_unique_identifier() {
  static $id;
  if (!isset($id)) {
    $id = substr(hash('sha256', Settings::getHashSalt()), 0, 8);
  }
  return $id;
}

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