[PHP] md5(uniqid) makes sense for random unique tokens?
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I want to create a token generator that generates tokens that cannot be guessed by the user and that are still unique (to be used for password resets and confirmation codes).
I often see this code; does it make sense?
md5(uniqid(rand(), true));
According to a comment uniqid($prefix, $moreEntopy = true) yields
first 8 hex chars = Unixtime,…