Consensus is "how does this not already exist?"
Debate about whether this is better or worse than using a goto ensues.
Discussion about whether this is the same or different to just returning null.
Some discussion around poor approaches to cryptography and random number generation including deprecation/removal of rand and srand and potential pitfalls/issues with this.
Thank you, Paul Dragoonis for your work on the php.net website. A $50 Amazon gift card from Laracasts is on its way to you.
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Thank you Chris Shaw for authoring the show notes for this episode!
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