What is the best way to generate and validate GUIDs in a C# program using PHP?

Generating and validating GUIDs in a C# program using PHP can be achieved by utilizing the `com_create_guid()` function in PHP to generate a GUID and then validating it using a regular expression pattern. The regular expression pattern can check if the generated GUID matches the expected format of a GUID. 

// Generate a GUID
function generateGUID() {
    if (function_exists('com_create_guid')) {
        return trim(com_create_guid(), '{}');
    } else {
        mt_srand((double)microtime()*10000);
        $charid = strtoupper(md5(uniqid(rand(), true)));
        $hyphen = chr(45);
        $uuid = substr($charid, 0, 8) . $hyphen
            . substr($charid, 8, 4) . $hyphen
            . substr($charid, 12, 4) . $hyphen
            . substr($charid, 16, 4) . $hyphen
            . substr($charid, 20, 12);
        return $uuid;
    }
}

// Validate a GUID
function validateGUID($guid) {
    $pattern = '/^\{?[A-F0-9]{8}-[A-F0-9]{4}-[A-F0-9]{4}-[A-F0-9]{4}-[A-F0-9]{12}\}?$/i';
    return preg_match($pattern, $guid);
}

// Example usage
$generatedGUID = generateGUID();
echo "Generated GUID: $generatedGUID\n";
if (validateGUID($generatedGUID)) {
    echo "Valid GUID\n";
} else {
    echo "Invalid GUID\n";
}

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GUID generate validate C# PHP

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