MWCryptRand Class Reference

Static Public Member Functions
static	generate ( $bytes)
	Generate a run of cryptographically random data and return it in raw binary form. More...
static	generateHex ( $chars)
	Generate a run of cryptographically random data and return it in hexadecimal string format. More...
static	wasStrong ()
	Return a boolean indicating whether or not the source used for cryptographic random bytes generation in the previously run generate* call was cryptographically strong. More...

Static Protected Member Functions
static	singleton ()

Detailed Description

Definition at line 29 of file MWCryptRand.php.

Member Function Documentation

generate()

static MWCryptRand::generate (   $bytes )

static

Generate a run of cryptographically random data and return it in raw binary form.

Deprecated:

since 1.32, use random_bytes()

Parameters

int

$bytes

The number of bytes of random data to generate

Returns

string Raw binary random data

Definition at line 62 of file MWCryptRand.php.

References wfDeprecated().

generateHex()

static MWCryptRand::generateHex (   $chars )

static

Generate a run of cryptographically random data and return it in hexadecimal string format.

Parameters

int

$chars

The number of hex chars of random data to generate

Returns

string Hexadecimal random data

Definition at line 74 of file MWCryptRand.php.

Referenced by UIDGenerator\__construct(), SpecialPage\checkLoginSecurityLevel(), User\confirmationToken(), MWSaltedPassword\crypt(), Installer\doGenerateKeys(), CryptRand\generateHex(), PasswordFactory\generateRandomPasswordString(), MediaWiki\Session\SessionManager\generateSessionId(), WikiEditorHooks\getEditingStatsId(), Pingback\getOrCreatePingbackId(), MediaWiki\Session\Session\getSecretKeys(), MediaWiki\Session\Session\getToken(), User\getToken(), AuthManagerSpecialPage\handleReauthBeforeExecute(), UIDGenerator\newUUIDv4(), User\resetTokenFromOption(), BotPassword\save(), User\setToken(), ApiRevisionDeleteTest\setUp(), UserTest\testAutoblockCookieInauthentic(), UserTest\testAutoblockCookieInfiniteExpiry(), UserTest\testAutoblockCookies(), UserTest\testAutoblockCookiesDisabled(), UserTest\testIpBlockCookieIgnoredWhenUserLoggedIn(), UserTest\testIpBlockCookieNotSet(), and UserTest\testIpBlockCookieSet().

singleton()

static MWCryptRand::singleton ( )

staticprotected

Deprecated:

since 1.32

Returns

CryptRand

Definition at line 34 of file MWCryptRand.php.

References wfDeprecated().

wasStrong()

static MWCryptRand::wasStrong ( )

static

Return a boolean indicating whether or not the source used for cryptographic random bytes generation in the previously run generate* call was cryptographically strong.

Deprecated:

since 1.32, always returns true

Returns

bool Always true

Definition at line 48 of file MWCryptRand.php.

References wfDeprecated().

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• includes/utils/MWCryptRand.php