Re: [DISCUSSION] Native UUID support in PHP

On 16.03.2020 at 17:06, Aran Reeks wrote: > I'd like to open up a discussion around the implementation of a new > function within PHP for generating a UUID. > > Whilst there are libraries out there already for PHP which can generate a > UUID, all of those libraries have the possibility to generate IDs that > *could* have a collision. > > The specification for UUID versions 1 and 2 allow for collision-free ID > generation by incorporating the unique MAC addresses from network cards - > something which can't be accessed from PHP code at present. > > I can see two possible methods to enable this; > > - New function added to PHP which exposes the MAC address (allowing > external implementations for UUIDs, as well as other possible purposes a > MAC address could be used). > > - A new PHP function which introduced a uuid() function which will > generate and return version-compliant UUIDs. > > - Both of the above. > > Thoughts and feedback welcome to kickstart conversations and if there's a > positive consensus, I'd like to put forward an RFC for this to be > introduced in PHP 8. See also <https://wiki.php.net/rfc/uuid>. -- Christoph M. Becker