function createguid()
{
    mt_srand((double)microtime()*10000);
    $charid = strtoupper(md5(uniqid(mt_srand(), 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;
}
echo createguid(); // 8929e377-74f8-3dec-4a86-2e5289a8327f