Re: Re: [RFC][DISCUSSION] Improve uniqid() uniqueness

On 18/10/16 08:35, Yasuo Ohgaki wrote: >> Sure, but it did happen that shared hosts block it, noticed during >> > random_compat adoption. >> > >> > You claimed there isn't any BC break. > The line should be > > "There is no BC for usable systems" > > Any file permission could disturb PHP script execution, couldn't it? > > I think it's nothing special for /dev/urandom. User should set up system > correctly to use PHP. Then there is no BC at all. 'Suppliers' should perhaps be helped to configure their systems so the users can use things, but things like /dev/urandom may need some additional notes to help identify problems when frameworks like owncloud start throwing errors. As Niklas says it's shared environments where this one may bite. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL ----------------------------- Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow Digital Media - http://rainbowdigitalmedia.co.uk