is it that much more useful than md5(microtime()) ?
ah-oh, you want to be able to specify the set of characters...
At 04:28 8/5/2001, Daniel Andersson wrote the following:
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>sounds useful and cool, me thinks :o)
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>> Hi,
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>> I'm thinking about a new function: [mt_]rand_str
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>> Syntax:
>> string [mt_]rand_str(minlen,maxlen[,charlist]);
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>> where charlist is in addcslashes (and now also [l|r]trim) syntax.
>> Charlist defaults to 0..9a..zA..Z
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>> IMHO, this would be a very useful function.
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>> Any comments? Maybe not min&maxlen, but simply a fixed len? (since
>> randomness on the length is ambigious to implement, there are less
>> possibilities with shorter strings, which raises some issues).
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>> As an extension, the function could also accept an array as charlist,
>> containing small strings, to produce pronouncable strings.
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>> Jeroen
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