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1 <?php
3 // Cryptographically secure random number generation
5 class LoomRandom {
7 var $urandom_filehandle; // /dev/urandom file handle
8 var $use_urandom; // false if we can't open /dev/urandom
10 function LoomRandom() {
11 $this->urandom_filehandle = false;
12 $this->use_urandom = true;
15 // Return $num random bytes from /dev/urandom
16 function urandom_bytes($num) {
17 if ($num < 0)
18 err("NUM must be nonnegative in urandom_bytes");
19 if ($this->use_urandom && !$this->urandom_filehandle) {
20 $file = @fopen("/dev/urandom", "r");
21 if (!$file) $this->use_urandom = false;
22 else $this->urandom_filehandle = $file;
24 $res = '';
25 if ($this->use_urandom) {
26 while (strlen($res) < $num) {
27 $res .= fread($this->urandom_filehandle, $num - strlen($res));
29 } else {
30 for ($i=0; $i<$num; $i++) {
31 $res .= chr(mt_rand(0, 255));
34 return $res;
37 // Return a random 128-bit location, as hex
38 function random_id() {
39 $res = bin2hex($this->urandom_bytes(16));
40 if (strlen($res) < 32) $res = str_repeat("0", 32 - strlen($res)) . $res;
41 return $res;
46 /* testing code
48 $random = new LoomRandom();
49 echo $random->random_id() . "\n";
53 /* ***** BEGIN LICENSE BLOCK *****
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66 * The Original Code is LoomClient PHP library
68 * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is
69 * Bill St. Clair.
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