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+<?php
+/** DomFramework
+    @package domframework
+    @author Dominique Fournier <dominique@fournier38.fr> */
+
+/** Generate a UUID v4
+  */
+class uuid
+{
+  /** Based on http://php.net/manual/fr/function.uniqid.php#94959
+    */
+  public static function uuid()
+  {
+    return sprintf('%04x%04x-%04x-%04x-%04x-%04x%04x%04x',
+
+      // 32 bits for "time_low"
+      mt_rand(0, 0xffff), mt_rand(0, 0xffff),
+
+      // 16 bits for "time_mid"
+      mt_rand(0, 0xffff),
+
+      // 16 bits for "time_hi_and_version",
+      // four most significant bits holds version number 4
+      mt_rand(0, 0x0fff) | 0x4000,
+
+      // 16 bits, 8 bits for "clk_seq_hi_res",
+      // 8 bits for "clk_seq_low",
+      // two most significant bits holds zero and one for variant DCE1.1
+      mt_rand(0, 0x3fff) | 0x8000,
+
+      // 48 bits for "node"
+      mt_rand(0, 0xffff), mt_rand(0, 0xffff), mt_rand(0, 0xffff)
+    );
+  }
+}