WordPress/wp-includes/random_compat/random_bytes_mcrypt.php

<?php
/**
 * Random_* Compatibility Library 
 * for using the new PHP 7 random_* API in PHP 5 projects
 * 
 * The MIT License (MIT)
 * 
 * Copyright (c) 2015 Paragon Initiative Enterprises
 * 
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
 * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
 * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
 * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
 * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 * 
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 * 
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 * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
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 * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 * SOFTWARE.
 */


/**
 * Powered by ext/mcrypt (and thankfully NOT libmcrypt)
 * 
 * @ref https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=55169
 * @ref https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/c568ffe5171d942161fc8dda066bce844bdef676/ext/mcrypt/mcrypt.c#L1321-L1386
 * 
 * @param int $bytes
 * 
 * @throws Exception
 * 
 * @return string
 */
function random_bytes($bytes)
{
    try {
        $bytes = RandomCompat_intval($bytes);
    } catch (TypeError $ex) {
        throw new TypeError(
            'random_bytes(): $bytes must be an integer'
        );
    }

    if ($bytes < 1) {
        throw new Error(
            'Length must be greater than 0'
        );
    }

    $buf = @mcrypt_create_iv($bytes, MCRYPT_DEV_URANDOM);
    if (
        $buf !== false
        &&
        RandomCompat_strlen($buf) === $bytes
    ) {
        /**
         * Return our random entropy buffer here:
         */
        return $buf;
    }

    /**
     * If we reach here, PHP has failed us.
     */
    throw new Exception(
        'Could not gather sufficient random data'
    );
}