RandomGenerator
class RandomGenerator (View source)
Convenience class for generating cryptographically secure pseudo-random strings/tokens
Traits
A class that can be instantiated or replaced via DI
Methods
An implementation of the factory method, allows you to create an instance of a class
Creates a class instance by the "singleton" design pattern.
Generates a random token that can be used for session IDs, CSRF tokens etc., based on hash algorithms.
Details
static Injectable
create(mixed ...$args)
An implementation of the factory method, allows you to create an instance of a class
This method will defer class substitution to the Injector API, which can be customised via the Config API to declare substitution classes.
This can be called in one of two ways - either calling via the class directly, or calling on Object and passing the class name as the first parameter. The following are equivalent: $list = DataList::create(SiteTree::class); $list = SiteTree::get();
static Injectable
singleton(string $class = null)
Creates a class instance by the "singleton" design pattern.
It will always return the same instance for this class, which can be used for performance reasons and as a simple way to access instance methods which don't rely on instance data (e.g. the custom SilverStripe static handling).
string
randomToken(string $algorithm = 'whirlpool')
Generates a random token that can be used for session IDs, CSRF tokens etc., based on hash algorithms.
If you are using it as a password equivalent (e.g. autologin token) do NOT store it in the database as a plain text but encrypt it with Member::encryptWithUserSettings.