Re: Re: rand_str

i would say so, yes. and if you do md5(microtime()) you have to do a substr() on the result to get the desired length. easy done, yes. but still.. maybe something for PEAR instead of the core? / d ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cynic" <cynic@mail.cz> To: "Daniel Andersson" <daniel@avantnoise.com>; <php-dev@lists.php.net> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 3:41 Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: rand_str > is it that much more useful than md5(microtime()) ? > ah-oh, you want to be able to specify the set of characters... > > At 04:28 8/5/2001, Daniel Andersson wrote the following: > -------------------------------------------------------------- > >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 > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > >-- > >PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > >For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net > >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > ------end of quote------ > > > cynic@mail.cz > ------------- > And the eyes of them both were opened and they saw that their files > were world readable and writable, so they chmoded 600 their files. > - Book of Installation chapt 3 sec 7 >