randomly generated number

[ibanez270dx]

Hi,
Is there a way to create a randomly generated 11 digit number? I'd like to use it to create SKU numbers...

Thanks,
- Jeff

[obsidian]

here are a couple options:
[code]
<?php
// randomly generate and concatonate 11 digits
$sku = '';
for ($i = 0; $i < 11; $i++) {
  $num = rand(0,9);
  $sku .= $num;
}
echo $sku;


// randomly generate the entire number and pad with leading zeros
echo sprintf("%011d", rand(0,99999999999));
?>
[/code]

hope this helps

[Iceman512]

Hi all,

I couldn't hope to match [b]obsidian's[/b] post, but you could just try this:

[code]
<?php
$num = rand(11111111111,99999999999);
print $num;
?>
[/code]

Hope it helps!
Iceman

[Barand]

However, as the max value of an integer is 2,147,483,647 (10 digits) I'd go with Obsidian's first method

[extrovertive]

[quote author=Barand link=topic=105619.msg422611#msg422611 date=1156636418]
However, as the max value of an integer is 2,147,483,647 (10 digits) I'd go with Obsidian's first method
[/quote]'

If the max size of an integer is 10 digits - the max value is 2,147,483,647? Can you tell me how you calculate that? Thanks.

[AndyB]

The maximum value depends on the system. 32 bit systems have a maximum signed integer range of -2147483648 to 2147483647. [2^31-1]

Source: http://ca.php.net/intval