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pedrosancao/php-random-data
===========================

small library generates high entropy random data

v1.0.0(7y ago)063.8k↑12.8%1MITPHPPHP >=5.4

Since Sep 9Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare

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Simple high entropy random data generator
=========================================

[](#simple-high-entropy-random-data-generator)

This small library generates high entropy random data from /dev/urandom

Aimed to UNIX based systems but has fallbacks for other systems

Formats
-------

[](#formats)

Generate data in these formats:

- raw
- integer
- hexadecimal

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

php >= 5.4

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

[](#installation)

Preferable use composer

```
composer require pedrosancao/php-random-data
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$bytes = \PedroSancao\Random::raw($length);
$int = \PedroSancao\Random::int($length);
$hex = \PedroSancao\Random::hex($length);
```

To do list
----------

[](#to-do-list)

- add new types (text, dummy base64, etc.)

Licence
-------

[](#licence)

MIT, see LICENCE.

Recommended reading
-------------------

[](#recommended-reading)

- [Insufficient Entropy For Random Values](http://phpsecurity.readthedocs.org/en/latest/Insufficient-Entropy-For-Random-Values.html)

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity30

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2808d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/5c9cc997dca1af30ebb7fe960ba7edbbd6f273eaacbc74b2cb3c0aedfc2b6790?d=identicon)[pedrosancao](/maintainers/pedrosancao)

---

Top Contributors

[![pedrosancao](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5047991?v=4)](https://github.com/pedrosancao "pedrosancao (2 commits)")

---

Tags

randomsecurityhigh entropy

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