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caridea/random
==============

A shrimp of a random number generation library

1.0.0(10y ago)11051Apache-2.0PHPPHP >=5.5.0

Since Jun 3Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare

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caridea-random
==============

[](#caridea-random)

Caridea is a miniscule PHP application library. This shrimpy fellow is what you'd use when you just want some helping hands and not a full-blown framework.

[![](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/3a9d2bd9abd336c1541d254cd07f8dff935288ad4a0983294f0b3f572f5b0f4b/687474703a2f2f6c69627265776f726b732e636f6d2f636172696465612d3130302e706e67)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/3a9d2bd9abd336c1541d254cd07f8dff935288ad4a0983294f0b3f572f5b0f4b/687474703a2f2f6c69627265776f726b732e636f6d2f636172696465612d3130302e706e67)

This is its random number generation component. It has providers for Mcrypt and OpenSSL. Other random number generation in PHP isn't considered secure enough to have an adapter here.

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/ad460e1e016f405f18f82b0c5d60aba8b556156e0c84c21a2aa277889e52794e/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f6c69627265776f726b732f636172696465612d72616e646f6d2e737667)](https://travis-ci.org/libreworks/caridea-random)[![Scrutinizer Code Quality](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/f2f97640fb8137bd774a43568daa4ad624c1cf28a37c6eedaaf0537e4ef5da34/68747470733a2f2f7363727574696e697a65722d63692e636f6d2f672f6c69627265776f726b732f636172696465612d72616e646f6d2f6261646765732f7175616c6974792d73636f72652e706e673f623d6d6173746572)](https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/libreworks/caridea-random/?branch=master)[![Code Coverage](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/f9f13db68854f487e33a68138fa362ba1324426f6fdfdd0716ae1d6e0077594c/68747470733a2f2f7363727574696e697a65722d63692e636f6d2f672f6c69627265776f726b732f636172696465612d72616e646f6d2f6261646765732f636f7665726167652e706e673f623d6d6173746572)](https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/libreworks/caridea-random/?branch=master)

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

You can install this library using Composer:

```
$ composer require caridea/random
```

This project requires PHP 5.5 and has no dependencies.

Compliance
----------

[](#compliance)

Releases of this library will conform to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org).

Our code is intended to comply with [PSR-1](http://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-1/), [PSR-2](http://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-2/), and [PSR-4](http://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-4/). If you find any issues related to standards compliance, please send a pull request!

Examples
--------

[](#examples)

Just a few quick examples.

```
if (\Caridea\Random\Mcrypt::isAvailable()) {
    $rando = new \Caridea\Random\Mcrypt();
    $bytes = $rando->generate(32);
}
if (\Caridea\Random\OpenSsl::isAvailable()) {
    $rando = new \Caridea\Random\OpenSsl();
    $bytes = $rando->generate(32);
}
```

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community8

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 ~292 days

Total

2

Last Release

3710d ago

Major Versions

0.1.0 → 1.0.02016-03-21

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/659262eac941ffe4795493834425fc9a2369c2c9df3cc565ed4194f1d37be934?d=identicon)[doublecompile](/maintainers/doublecompile)

---

Top Contributors

[![doublecompile](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4267230?v=4)](https://github.com/doublecompile "doublecompile (19 commits)")

---

Tags

randomcryptographycryptocsrng

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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