php man page for com_create_guid

COM_CREATE_GUID(3)							 1							COM_CREATE_GUID(3)

com_create_guid - Generate a globally unique identifier (GUID)

SYNOPSIS
       string com_create_guid (void  )

DESCRIPTION
	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.

RETURN VALUES
	Returns the GUID as a string.

SEE ALSO
       uuid_create(3) in the PECL uuid extension.

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