note 58318 added to function.mt-rand

Phil's code (07-Oct-2005 03:13) + minor improvements in a function (no rocket science): <?php function gen_passw($len = 8) { // define ASCII ranges... // See http://www.keller.com/html-quickref/latin1.html $ranges = array ( 1 => array(97, 122), // a-z (lowercase) 2 => array(65, 90), // A-Z (uppercase) 3 => array(48, 57) // 0-9 (numeral) ); $passw = ""; for ($i=0; $i<$len; $i++) { $r = mt_rand(1,count($ranges)); $passw .= chr(mt_rand($ranges[$r][0], $ranges[$r][1])); } return $passw; } echo gen_passw(6); ?> ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mt-rand.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+58318 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58318&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58318&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58318&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58318&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58318&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58318&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58318&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+58318&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php