function _update_manager_unique_identifier

Same name in other branches
  1. 9 core/modules/update/update.module \_update_manager_unique_identifier()
  2. 8.9.x core/modules/update/update.module \_update_manager_unique_identifier()
  3. 10 core/modules/update/update.module \_update_manager_unique_identifier()
  4. 11.x core/modules/update/update.module \_update_manager_unique_identifier()

Returns a short unique identifier for this Drupal installation.

Return value

An eight character string uniquely identifying this Drupal installation.

2 calls to _update_manager_unique_identifier()
_update_manager_cache_directory in modules/update/update.module
Returns the directory where update archive files should be cached.
_update_manager_extract_directory in modules/update/update.module
Returns the directory where update archive files should be extracted.

File

modules/update/update.module, line 903

Code

function _update_manager_unique_identifier() {
    $id =& drupal_static(__FUNCTION__, '');
    if (empty($id)) {
        $id = substr(hash('sha256', drupal_get_hash_salt()), 0, 8);
    }
    return $id;
}

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