A small function for generating version 4 GUIDs.
<?php
function v4uuid()
{
$a = str_pad(dechex(random_int(0x0000_0000, 0xffff_ffff)), '0', STR_PAD_LEFT);
$b = str_pad(dechex(random_int(0x0000, 0xffff)), '0', STR_PAD_LEFT);
$c = dechex(random_int(0x4000, 0x4fff));
$d = dechex(random_int(0x8000, 0xbfff));
$e = str_pad(dechex(random_int(0x0000_0000_0000, 0xffff_ffff_ffff)), '0', STR_PAD_LEFT);
return "$a-$b-$c-$d-$e";
}
?>