i would say so, yes.
and if you do md5(microtime()) you have to do a substr() on the result to
get the desired length.
easy done, yes. but still..
maybe something for PEAR instead of the core?
/ d
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From: "Cynic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Daniel Andersson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 3:41
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: rand_str
> 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:
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> >sounds useful and cool, me thinks :o)
> >
> >/ d
> >
> ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I'm thinking about a new function: [mt_]rand_str
> >>
> >> Syntax:
> >> string [mt_]rand_str(minlen,maxlen[,charlist]);
> >>
> >> where charlist is in addcslashes (and now also [l|r]trim) syntax.
> >> Charlist defaults to 0..9a..zA..Z
> >>
> >>
> >> IMHO, this would be a very useful function.
> >>
> >> 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).
> >>
> >> As an extension, the function could also accept an array as charlist,
> >> containing small strings, to produce pronouncable strings.
> >>
> >> Jeroen
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
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