RE: [PHP] Creating Unique Values

you might want to look into the md5() and uniqid() functions. i think they should do what you're looking for. ---------------- remco chang bountyquest.com On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Andrew Hill wrote: > Why don't you just use unix time? This is unique at a certain point, and > will never be repeated. > > Best regards, > Andrew > ---------------------------------------------------- > Andrew Hill > Director Technology Evangelism > OpenLink Software > http://www.openlinksw.com > XML & E-Business Infrastructure Technology Provider > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andy Woolley [mailto:andy@milonic.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 12:30 PM > > To: php-general@lists.php.net > > Subject: [PHP] Creating Unique Values > > > > > > Greetings people, > > > > Does any have a script that creates unique values in PHP. > > > > What I need is to do is create a value that will never be used again. I > > think that a combination of date, time, milliseconds and some random chars > > would be good. > > > > If I can't get one pre-done, then I'll build one and post it to > > you all, it > > shouldnt be too complicated to do, but I'm in a rush and I'm > > getting lazy in > > my old age. > > > > Cheers Folks. > > > > Andy Woolley > > M.D. > > www.databasewatch.com > > > > > > -- > > 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 > > > > > > > > > -- > 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 > >