RE: [PHP-DB] Random Character String

2005-03-05 Thread Bastien Koert
i use this function to generate a random 7 letter password...simple change to make it 8 function change_password($id, $password) { //generate a random password $pass = ""; $salt = "abchefghjkmnpqrstuvwxyz0123456789"; srand((double)microtime()*100); $i = 0; while ($i <= 7) { $nu

Re: [PHP-DB] Random Character String

2005-03-05 Thread Ron Piggott
The robots that index the web. Bastien gave me a web site to use for this. Thanks. Ron - Original Message - From: Zareef Ahmed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Ron Piggott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: PHP DB Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 11:56 AM Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Random Character S

Re: [PHP-DB] Random Character String

2005-03-05 Thread Zareef Ahmed
Hi, Look at uniqueid function, but it gives some lengthy string. You can use string functiions for your specific purpose. http://in.php.net/uniqueid On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 09:38:35 -0500, Ron Piggott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a way of generating an 8 character random string in PHP? > >