public function Com::generate

Generates a Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID).

Return value

A 32 byte integer represented as a hex string formatted with 4 hypens.

Overrides UuidInterface::generate

File

drupal/core/lib/Drupal/Component/Uuid/Com.php, line 16
Definition of Drupal\Component\Uuid\Com.

Class

Com
UUID implementation using the Windows internal GUID extension.

Namespace

Drupal\Component\Uuid

Code

public function generate() {

  // Remove {} wrapper and make lower case to keep result consistent.
  return strtolower(trim(com_create_guid(), '{}'));
}