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javierarce on 09/07/06


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Generate Random String

Published in: PHP 

Generates a random string of variable length.

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  1. function getUniqueCode($length = "")
  2. {	
  3. 	$code = md5(uniqid(rand(), true));
  4. 	if ($length != "") return substr($code, 0, $length);
  5. 	else return $code;
  6. }

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Posted By: KyleFarris on October 23, 2008

Very useful. Thanks.

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