public function Com::generate

public Com::generate()

Generates a Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID).

Return value

A 16 byte integer represented as a hex string formatted with 4 hyphens.

Overrides UuidInterface::generate

File

core/lib/Drupal/Component/Uuid/Com.php, line 14

Class

Com
Generates a UUID 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(), '{}'));
}

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