PasswordHash::get_random_bytes │ public │ WP 1.0

Method of the class: PasswordHash{}

No Hooks.

Returns

null. Nothing (null).

Usage

$PasswordHash = new PasswordHash();
$PasswordHash->get_random_bytes( $count );

$count(required)

.

PasswordHash::get_random_bytes() PasswordHash::get random bytes code ^{WP 6.9.1}

function get_random_bytes($count)
{
	$output = '';
	if (@is_readable('/dev/urandom') &&
	    ($fh = @fopen('/dev/urandom', 'rb'))) {
		$output = fread($fh, $count);
		fclose($fh);
	}

	if (strlen($output) < $count) {
		$output = '';
		for ($i = 0; $i < $count; $i += 16) {
			$this->random_state =
			    md5(microtime() . $this->random_state);
			$output .= md5($this->random_state, TRUE);
		}
		$output = substr($output, 0, $count);
	}

	return $output;
}