string
mcrypt_create_iv(int size, int source);mcrypt_create_iv() is used to create an IV.
mcrypt_create_iv() takes two arguments, size determines the size of the IV, source specifies the source of the IV.
The source can be MCRYPT_RAND (system random number generator), MCRYPT_DEV_RANDOM (read data from /dev/random) and MCRYPT_DEV_URANDOM (read data from /dev/urandom). If you use MCRYPT_RAND, make sure to call srand() before to initialize the random number generator.
Example 1. mcrypt_create_iv example <?php
$cipher = MCRYPT_TripleDES;
$block_size = mcrypt_get_block_size($cipher);
$iv = mcrypt_create_iv($block_size, MCRYPT_DEV_RANDOM);
?>
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