RE: [PHP] Random string

Here's a password generation function I found somewhere.. function genpassword($length){ srand((double)microtime()*1000000); $vowels = array("a", "e", "i", "o", "u"); $cons = array("b", "c", "d", "g", "h", "j", "k", "l", "m", "n", "p", "r", "s", "t", "u", "v", "w", "tr", "cr", "br", "fr", "th", "dr", "ch", "ph", "wr", "st", "sp", "sw", "pr", "sl", "cl"); $num_vowels = count($vowels); $num_cons = count($cons); for($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++){ $password .= $cons[rand(0, $num_cons - 1)] . $vowels[rand(0, $num_vowels - 1)]; } return substr($password, 0, $length); } can make it as long or short as you want.. Chad -----Original Message----- From: n e t b r a i n [mailto:net-brain@net-brain.net] Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 4:17 AM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] Random string Hi, I'm in trouble in order to implement a small function for a random alphanumeric string of 8 charcters lenght (well, I mean: a password of 8 chars ...) Reading the Wrox php book, I've founded this: function random($lenght) { $possibili="0123456789+-zxcvbnmlkjhgfdsapoiuytrewqZXCVBNMLKJHGFDSAPOIUYTREWQ "; $stringa=" "; while(strlen($stringa) < $lenght) { $stringa .=substr($possibili, mt_rand(0, strlen($possibili) -1), 1); } echo($stringa); } random(8); But the main problem is that it seem doesn't work ... infact it produce often a php_time_out ... Anyone could help me with suggestion or show me a small snippet of code in order to create unique passwords of 8 chars? Many thanks in advance. max -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net