diff --git a/phpBB/includes/functions.php b/phpBB/includes/functions.php index 4aae84705b..3b3218a3aa 100644 --- a/phpBB/includes/functions.php +++ b/phpBB/includes/functions.php @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ function set_var(&$result, $var, $type, $multibyte = false) function gen_rand_string($num_chars = 8) { // [a, z] + [0, 9] = 36 - return substr(strtoupper(base_convert(unique_id(), 16, 36)), 0, $num_chars); + return substr(strtoupper(base_convert(bin2hex(random_bytes($num_chars)), 16, 36)), 0, $num_chars); } /** @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ function gen_rand_string($num_chars = 8) */ function gen_rand_string_friendly($num_chars = 8) { - $rand_str = unique_id(); + $rand_str = bin2hex(random_bytes($num_chars)); // Remove Z and Y from the base_convert(), replace 0 with Z and O with Y // [a, z] + [0, 9] - {z, y} = [a, z] + [0, 9] - {0, o} = 34