Index: branches/5.2.x/core/kernel/globals.php
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diff -u -N -r15513 -r15517
--- branches/5.2.x/core/kernel/globals.php	(.../globals.php)	(revision 15513)
+++ branches/5.2.x/core/kernel/globals.php	(.../globals.php)	(revision 15517)
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 /**
-* @version	$Id: globals.php 15513 2012-08-11 16:30:08Z alex $
+* @version	$Id: globals.php 15517 2012-08-17 15:09:54Z alex $
 * @package	In-Portal
 * @copyright	Copyright (C) 1997 - 2009 Intechnic. All rights reserved.
 * @license      GNU/GPL
@@ -712,6 +712,31 @@
 
 		return $date_time->getTimestamp();
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Generates random numeric id
+	 *
+	 * @static
+	 * @return string
+	 * @access public
+	 */
+	public static function generateId()
+	{
+		list($usec, $sec) = explode(' ', microtime());
+
+		$id_part_1 = substr($usec, 4, 4);
+		$id_part_2 = mt_rand(1, 9);
+		$id_part_3 = substr($sec, 6, 4);
+		$digit_one = substr($id_part_1, 0, 1);
+
+		if ( $digit_one == 0 ) {
+			$digit_one = mt_rand(1, 9);
+			$id_part_1 = preg_replace('/^0/', '', $id_part_1);
+			$id_part_1 = $digit_one . $id_part_1;
+		}
+
+		return $id_part_1 . $id_part_2 . $id_part_3;
+	}
 }
 
 /**