Re: rand_str

sounds useful and cool, me thinks :o) / d <jeroen@php.net> wrote in message news:20010804205438.88378.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > Hi, > > I'm thinking about a new function: [mt_]rand_str > > Syntax: > string [mt_]rand_str(minlen,maxlen[,charlist]); > > where charlist is in addcslashes (and now also [l|r]trim) syntax. > Charlist defaults to 0..9a..zA..Z > > > IMHO, this would be a very useful function. > > Any comments? Maybe not min&maxlen, but simply a fixed len? (since > randomness on the length is ambigious to implement, there are less > possibilities with shorter strings, which raises some issues). > > As an extension, the function could also accept an array as charlist, > containing small strings, to produce pronouncable strings. > > Jeroen > > > >