note 60515 added to function.microtime

Here's a quick function to output a unique number. Good for MySQL / SQL idexes and unique id values. function uniqueTimeStamp_float(){ $Asec = explode(" ", microtime()); $Amicro = explode(".", $Asec[0]); return ($Asec[1].".".substr($Amicro[1], 0, 4)); } print (uniqueTimeStamp_float()); // outputs a unique something like: // 1136849268.0180 function uniqueTimeStamp(){ $Asec = explode(" ", microtime()); $Amicro = explode(".", $Asec[0]); return ($Asec[1].substr($Amicro[1], 0, 4)); } print (uniqueTimeStamp()); // outputs a unique something like: // 11368492680180 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.microtime.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+60515 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+60515&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+60515&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+60515&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+60515&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+60515&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+60515&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+60515&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+60515&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php