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assbach on 07/29/07


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php random String unique id uuid uid rand


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simple UUID

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URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uuid

create a random string like a UUID. this will do the job in most cases. usage: uuid(); # creates a string of 32 chars uuid(4); # creates a string of 4 chars uuid(32); # creates a string of 32 chars uuid(150); # creates a string of 32 chars

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  1. function uuid($length=32) {
  2. 	mt_srand((double)microtime()*1000000);
  3. 	$r = strtoupper(md5(time().$_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"].$_SERVER["UNIQUE_ID"].mt_rand(0,9999)));
  4. 	if ($length<32){ $r=substr($r,0,$length-1); }	
  5. 	return $r;	
  6. }

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