Re: [PHP] Credit card number checker?

[Ashley M. Kirchner]

Christopher Ostmo wrote:

> By law, the numbers are supposed to be
> generated at random and not generated by any kind of algorithm or
> formula.

    CC# must pass the Luhn MOD 10 formula, so the generated numbers can't be
(totally) random - they have to conform to the formula.

    Also, not all credit cards have 16 numbers.

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