note 98195 added to function.rand

From: Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2010 03:16:50 +0000
Subject: note 98195 added to function.rand
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<?php //To Pull 7 Unique Random Values Out Of AlphaNumeric //removed number 0, capital o, number 1 and small L //Total: keys = 32, elements = 33 $characters = array( "A","B","C","D","E","F","G","H","J","K","L","M", "N","P","Q","R","S","T","U","V","W","X","Y","Z", "1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9"); //make an "empty container" or array for our keys $keys = array(); //first count of $keys is empty so "1", remaining count is 1-6 = total 7 times while(count($keys) < 7) { //"0" because we use this to FIND ARRAY KEYS which has a 0 value //"-1" because were only concerned of number of keys which is 32 not 33 //count($characters) = 33 $x = mt_rand(0, count($characters)-1); if(!in_array($x, $keys)) { $keys[] = $x; } } foreach($keys as $key){ $random_chars .= $characters[$key]; } echo $random_chars; ?> ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 114.108.194.168 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.rand.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/98195 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98195/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98195/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98195/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98195/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98195/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98195/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98195 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/98195 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php

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