note 54702 added to function.microtime

You can use microtime() to create unique numeric IDs: <? function unique_id() { $now = (string)microtime(); $now = explode(' ', $now); $unique_id = $now[1].str_replace('.', '', $now[0]); unset($now); return $unique_id; } Ex.: print(unique_id()); Returns: 1121243672080646700 ?> ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.microtime.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+54702 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54702&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54702&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54702&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54702&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54702&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54702&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+54702&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php