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public function Com::generate in Drupal 8

Same name and namespace in other branches

9 core/lib/Drupal/Component/Uuid/Com.php \Drupal\Component\Uuid\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 15

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(), '{}'));
}