com_create_guid

(PHP 5, PHP 7)

com_create_guid — Generate a globally unique identifier (GUID)

com_create_guid ( void ) : string

Generates a Globally Unique Identifier (GUID).

A GUID is generated in the same way as DCE UUID's, except that the Microsoft convention is to enclose a GUID in curly braces.

Returns the GUID as a string.