note 102007 deleted from function.rand by danbrown

Note Submitter: X-A ---- hey found out the easiest way to generate random number thought to share here //usage random(6) to generate 6 digit random number function random($length) { //collection of random number elements. "total is 36" $haystack = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789"; //checking of minimum input length if($length>0) { //creation of empty variable to store the random string $rand=""; for($i=1; $i<=$length; $i++) { //extra seeding of rand funtion mt_srand((double)microtime() * 1000000); //geting a number between 1 to 36. 36 = total $num = mt_rand(1,36); //picking up the the random charac $rand .= $haystack{$num}; } } //returning it return $rand; } minified version function random($length){ $haystack = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789"; if($length>0){ $rand_id=""; for($i=1; $i<=$length; $i++){ mt_srand((double)microtime() * 1000000); $num = mt_rand(1,36); $rand_id .= $haystack{$num}; } }