Re: [PHP] $str[0] vs $str{0} was : generate random ascii string

It appears the only change you made was : $tmp .= $chars[mt_rand(0,$chars_len)]; From : $tmp .= $chars{mt_rand(0,$chars_len)}; Which is strange. the [] use on strings has been depreciated in favor of {} as of php4 but I don't know at what version {} came into being exactly. What

Re: [PHP] $str[0] vs $str{0} was : generate random ascii string

Hi Philip, Yes, I have a choice of PHP3 or 4 and this script happened to be in PHP 3 so I just tweaked it. I didn't realize that one day $chars[mt_rand(0,$chars_len)] would no longer work, but at least it is backwards compatible now. I've made a mental note of that for future reference. PHP 3