Wrong implementation of function create_guid() suggest to convert mt_rand -> mt_srand

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I read a few things about this and

  • from PHP 5.4 on, it seems the seeding is automatically done whenever mt_rand is called for the first time::

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11358691/how-is-phps-mt-rand-seeded

  • there’s a lot of talk online about how insecure mt_rand is, and it is in fact, but that’s when you use the randomization for cryptographic purposes, which is not the case at all here. These IDs simply need to be unique, there is no security mechanism relying on IDs in SuiteCRM.

  • my IDs look random, unlike yours. I don’t see that similarity you’re seeing. Is your PHP under 5.4? (Remember PHP 5.5 is the minimum supported version for SuiteCRM).