note 42619 added to function.dechex

this function generates an hex-colorcode out of a string. usefull if you want to show a list of words all in different colors, that should remain its color even if the order changes. (if the string is empty, it gives back a random color) function word2color($w){ if (strlen($w)==0) return substr('00000' . dechex(mt_rand(0, 0xffffff)), -6); while (strlen($w)<6) $w.=$w; $minbrightness=1; // range from 0 to 15, if this is 0 then for ex. black is allowed $max_brightness=14; // range from 0 to 15, if this is 15 then for ex. white is allowed $plus_red=0; // set one of these to set the probability of one of these colors higher $plus_green=0; $plus_blue=0; for ($i=0; $i<6; $i++) { #$r.= '">';// this is a depug mode, to see the color written $plus=0; if ($plus_red<>0 and $i==0) $plus=$plus_red; if ($plus_green<>0 and $i==2) $plus=$plus_green; if ($plus_blue<>0 and $i==4) $plus=$plus_blue; $c=$w[round(strlen($w)/6*$i)]; $dec=ord($c)%($max_brightness+$plus-$minbrightness) +$minbrightness+$plus; if ($dec>$max_brightness-$minbrightness) $dec=$max_brightness-$minbrightness; $r.= strtoupper( dechex($dec) ); } return $r; } ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.dechex.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+42619 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+42619&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+42619&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php