Re: [PHP] random letters and numbers

2001-04-24 Thread J. Jones
On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 11:10:48PM -0700, Randy Johnson wrote: > Is there a way to generate a random set of characters ranging from 8 to 12 > characters and numbers where it is crucial that the letters and numbers are > truly random because I need to create temporary files for people to download >

Re: [PHP] random letters and numbers

2001-04-24 Thread Steve Lawson
Sup, I made this and have been using it for about 6 months without problem. mt_rand() is 4 times faster than normal rand(), remember to use mt_srand() to seed. The 8 in the while controls how long the $password will be... $count = 0; mt_srand( (double) microtime() * 100); while( $coun

Re: [PHP] random letters and numbers

2001-03-24 Thread Joe Stump
Sure - use md5() --Joe On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 12:05:49PM -0500, Randy Johnson wrote: > Is there an easy way to create random numbers and letters for a file example > > > http://www.mydomain.com/1w2e3rff.txt > > and then after they download it have it be deleted off the server? > > > than

Re: [PHP] random letters and numbers

2001-03-24 Thread Pierre-Yves Lemaire
Hello, I use a random password function to do just that, function randomPassword($length = 8) { // all the chars we want to use $all = explode( " ", "a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z " . "A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z " .