note 90773 added to function.rand

Improved random string generation function: <?php // Generate a random character string function rand_str($length = 32, $chars = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890') { // Length of character list $chars_length = (strlen($chars) - 1); // Start our string $string = $chars{rand(0, $chars_length)}; // Generate random string for ($i = 1; $i < $length; $i = strlen($string)) { // Grab a random character from our list $r = $chars{rand(0, $chars_length)}; // Make sure the same two characters don't appear next to each other if ($r != $string{$i - 1}) $string .= $r; } // Return the string return $string; } ?> ---- Server IP: 209.41.74.194 Probable Submitter: 68.107.123.45 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.rand.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/90773 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90773/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90773/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90773/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90773/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90773/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90773/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90773 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/90773 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php