openssl_random_pseudo_bytes
(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0)
openssl_random_pseudo_bytes — Generate a pseudo-random string of bytes
Description
$length
[, bool &$crypto_strong
] )
Generates a string of pseudo-random bytes, with the number of bytes
determined by the length parameter.
It also indicates if a cryptographically strong algorithm was used to produce the
pseudo-random bytes, and does this via the optional crypto_strong
parameter. It's rare for this to be FALSE, but some systems may be broken or old.
Parameters
-
length -
The length of the desired string of bytes. Must be a positive integer. PHP will try to cast this parameter to a non-null integer to use it.
-
crypto_strong -
If passed into the function, this will hold a boolean value that determines if the algorithm used was "cryptographically strong", e.g., safe for usage with GPG, passwords, etc.
TRUEif it did, otherwiseFALSE
Return Values
Returns the generated string of bytes on success, or FALSE on failure.
Examples
Example #1 openssl_random_pseudo_bytes() example
<?php
for ($i = -1; $i <= 4; $i++) {
$bytes = openssl_random_pseudo_bytes($i, $cstrong);
$hex = bin2hex($bytes);
echo "Lengths: Bytes: $i and Hex: " . strlen($hex) . PHP_EOL;
var_dump($hex);
var_dump($cstrong);
echo PHP_EOL;
}
?>
The above example will output something similar to:
Lengths: Bytes: -1 and Hex: 0 string(0) "" NULL Lengths: Bytes: 0 and Hex: 0 string(0) "" NULL Lengths: Bytes: 1 and Hex: 2 string(2) "42" bool(true) Lengths: Bytes: 2 and Hex: 4 string(4) "dc6e" bool(true) Lengths: Bytes: 3 and Hex: 6 string(6) "288591" bool(true) Lengths: Bytes: 4 and Hex: 8 string(8) "ab86d144" bool(true)
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