(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
uniqid — Generate a unique ID
Gets a prefixed unique identifier based on the current time in microseconds.
This function does not generate cryptographically secure values, and must not be used for cryptographic purposes, or purposes that require returned values to be unguessable.
If cryptographically secure randomness is required, the Random\Randomizer may be used with the Random\Engine\Secure engine. For simple use cases, the random_int() and random_bytes() functions provide a convenient and secure API that is backed by the operating system’s CSPRNG.
This function does not guarantee uniqueness of return
value. Since most systems adjust system clock by NTP or like,
system time is changed constantly. Therefore, it is possible that
this function does not return unique ID for the
process/thread. Use more_entropy to
increase likelihood of uniqueness.
prefixCan be useful, for instance, if you generate identifiers simultaneously on several hosts that might happen to generate the identifier at the same microsecond.
With an empty prefix, the returned string will
be 13 characters long. If more_entropy is
true, it will be 23 characters.
more_entropy
If set to true, uniqid() will add additional
entropy (using the combined linear congruential generator) at the end
of the return value, which increases the likelihood that the result
will be unique.
Returns timestamp based unique identifier as a string.
This function tries to create unique identifier, but it does not guarantee 100% uniqueness of return value.
Example #1 uniqid() Example
<?php
/* A uniqid, like: 4b3403665fea6 */
printf("uniqid(): %s\r\n", uniqid());
/* We can also prefix the uniqid, this the same as
* doing:
*
* $uniqid = $prefix . uniqid();
* $uniqid = uniqid($prefix);
*/
printf("uniqid('php_'): %s\r\n", uniqid('php_'));
/* We can also activate the more_entropy parameter, which is
* required on some systems, like Cygwin. This makes uniqid()
* produce a value like: 4b340550242239.64159797
*/
printf("uniqid('', true): %s\r\n", uniqid('', true));
?>Note:
Under Cygwin, the
more_entropymust be set totruefor this function to work.