Just press Generate Random Bytes button, and you get a random bytes. Press button, get bytes. No ads, nonsense or garbage. Announcement: We just launched math tools for developers. Return random bytes. New code should use the bytes method of a defaultrng instance instead; please see the Quick Start. Parameters length int.
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Last week, I needed some random data and using the power of the PHP manual, came across random_bytes which does exactly what I need. However, it’s PHP7 only.
As I target both Linux and Windows, I needed to do a bit more work to get it working which was fine, but a minor nuisance given that I know that there’s a better way in PHP7.
Talking on the #joind.in IRC channel a few days later, Anthony tells us about paragonie/random_compat which is a PHP 5.x polyfill for the PHP7 methods random_bytes() and random_int(). Usage is exactly the same, so when you switch to PHP7, you just remove the library from composer and all your code using these methods will continue to work.
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Name
RAND_bytes, RAND_pseudo_bytes - generate random data
Synopsis
Description
RAND_bytes() puts num cryptographically strong pseudo-random bytes into buf. An error occurs if the PRNG has not beenseeded with enough randomness to ensure an unpredictable byte sequence.
RAND_pseudo_bytes() puts num pseudo-random bytes into buf. Pseudo-random byte sequences generated by RAND_pseudo_bytes() will beunique if they are of sufficient length, but are not necessarily unpredictable. They can be used for non-cryptographic purposes and for certain purposes incryptographic protocols, but usually not for key generation etc.
The contents of buf is mixed into the entropy pool before retrieving the new pseudo-random bytes unless disabled at compile time (seeFAQ ).
Return Values
RAND_bytes() returns 1 on success, 0 otherwise. The error code can be obtained by err_get_error(3). RAND_pseudo_bytes() returns 1 ifthe bytes generated are cryptographically strong, 0 otherwise. Both functions return -1 if they are not supported by the current RANDmethod.
See Also
rand(3), err_get_error(3), rand_add(3)
History
RAND_bytes() is available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL. It has a return value since OpenSSL 0.9.5. RAND_pseudo_bytes() was added inOpenSSL 0.9.5.