[SOLVED] need simple php string help

[thenewperson]

Wondering how i would take first 10 letters/numbers from random string

 

current code but failed

The number works but trying to take first 10 failed

<?php

$id = md5(uniqid(rand()));
echo strpos($id, 10);

?>

[Alex]

Use substr()

 

echo substr($id, 0, 10);

[thenewperson]

Use substr()

 

echo substr($id, 0, 10);

 

ty that worked

[gizmola]

FYI, that is not a "random string".  You are taking only a portion of a hash, so there's a strong possibility you will have duplicates.. You might try writing a test program to spit out a few thousand variations and make sure you don't have colisions -- assuming that you care about that.