Re: random letters and numbers
| From: | J. Jones | Date: | Wed, 25 Apr 2001 03:20:19 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: random letters and numbers | ||
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On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 11:10:48PM -0700, Randy Johnson wrote:
> Is there a way to generate a random set of characters ranging from 8 to 12
> characters and numbers where it is crucial that the letters and numbers are
> truly random because I need to create temporary files for people to download
> information.
>
> Any links/suggestions would be greatly appreciated
>
> Thanks
>
> Randy
>
Also check out the tempnam() and tmpfile() functions, as this is exactly
what they were made for ;)