note 41926 added to function.rand

//Here are two simple functions to create random keys. //Please note: This will not create valid keys for software //It's just showing you the use of rand() in conjunction //with looping. function randomKey($chars) { //Microsoft type user keys are not unix savvy //so the characters are simple uppercase alpha and 1-9 $genChars = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ123456789'; $retkey = ""; for ($i = 1; $i <= $chars; $i++) { $rand = rand(1,strlen($genChars)); $retkey .= substr($genChars,$rand -1,1); } return ($retkey); } function keyBlock($chars, $blocks) { $key = ""; for($i = 0; $i < $blocks;$i++) { //Create an array of keys $key[] = randomKey($chars); } $key = implode("-", $key); return($key); } //Use keyBlock(charlength = "", $blocklength = "") print keyBlock(5,5); //Will return a variation of (KJA4O-TRYQT-AKR56-IAYFU-2FQBD) //Having fun with PHP ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.rand.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+41926 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+41926&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+41926&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php