summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
-rw-r--r--includes/common.inc5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/includes/common.inc b/includes/common.inc
index 40a7919e0..378a3a7cd 100644
--- a/includes/common.inc
+++ b/includes/common.inc
@@ -5067,6 +5067,11 @@ function drupal_get_private_key() {
* @param $value
* An additional value to base the token on.
*
+ * The generated token is based on the session ID of the current user. Normally,
+ * anonymous users do not have a session, so the generated token will be
+ * different on every page request. To generate a token for users without a
+ * session, manually start a session prior to calling this function.
+ *
* @return string
* A 43-character URL-safe token for validation, based on the user session ID,
* the hash salt provided from drupal_get_hash_salt(), and the