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bfrohs/random
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Cryptographically secure random data generation.

1.1.0(10y ago)023MITPHPPHP >=5.2.0

Since Feb 25Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare

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Random
======

[](#random)

Cryptographically secure random data generation.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Hex string

[](#hex-string)

Random string of hexadecimal characters (`[0-9a-f]`).

```
use bfrohs\Random\Random;

$string = Random::generateHex(32);

var_dump($string);
```

> string(32) "112321ec33df8ebc9234ac02dbae4277"

### Url-safe string

[](#url-safe-string)

Random string that is safe for use in URLs (unreserved characters) per [RFC 3986 § 2.3](http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3986.txt)(`[a-zA-Z0-9]`, `_`, `~`, `-`, and `.`).

```
use bfrohs\Random\Random;

$string = Random::generateUrlSafeString(32);

var_dump($string);
```

> string(32) "XQ\_7J495ZWd3s~5TWz-FNFiPkeM3z9K."

### Binary

[](#binary)

Random bytes.

```
use bfrohs\Random\Random;

$string = Random::generateBinary(32);

// Note the use of `bin2hex()` to make output readable
var_dump(bin2hex($string));
```

> string(64) "68a74f84be34c9be12ecada360e91639fd0d41cfae368d90fe8cc4c4ff66eed3"

### Integer

[](#integer)

Random integer.

```
use bfrohs\Random\Random;

$string = Random::generateInt(0, 29524);

var_dump($string);
```

> int(12860)

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~3 days

Total

2

Last Release

3727d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6de16adb444de8ed226b54313760d0a47e91e909218ca63846e081e56bf57986?d=identicon)[0b10011](/maintainers/0b10011)

---

Top Contributors

[![0b10011](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1123348?v=4)](https://github.com/0b10011 "0b10011 (3 commits)")

---

Tags

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