blocktrail/simply-random

A simple library for generating secure randomness (strings, integers, shuffling)

v2.0.0 2017-01-04 11:50 UTC

Requires

• php: >=5.6.0
• paragonie/random_compat: ^1|^2

Requires (Dev)

• phpunit/phpunit: 4.3.*
• squizlabs/php_codesniffer: 1.*

MIT

• Ruben de Vries

• random

README

tested on 5.6, 7.0, 7.1 and HHVM

What is this library?

This is a simple library for random number generation using random_bytes.
This library can generate strong, cryptographically secure random numbers, and other useful random values.

Dependencies

This library depends on random_bytes or the polyfill provided by ParagonIE. If provided as a native extension the kernel CSPRNG is used. The polyfill handles checking for appropriate sources of entropy if this is not available.

Installation

Simply use composer require blocktrail/simply-random ~1.0.

Usage

Please refer to test.php for example usage.

Credits to ircmaxell

Most of the code used in this library was originally written by ircmaxell for random_compat. This library initially began as a fork with reduced complexity, and strong dependency on mcrypt.

see: http://timoh6.github.io/2013/11/05/Secure-random-numbers-for-PHP-developers.html

and more: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6216101 http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/3936/is-a-rand-from-dev-urandom-secure-for-a-login-key/3939#3939