get a random 10 character string

[johnmerlino]

Hey all,

 

I'm looking to produce a random 10 character string like: abcABC0123 when the below method is called:

 

<?php

 

function randomize(){

$chars = explode(' ',(range("a","z"))) . explode(' ',(range("A","Z"))) . explode(' ',(range("0","9")));

$pass = "";

for($i = 0; $i < $len; $i += 1){

array_push($pass,$chars[rand(count($chars)-1)]);

}

return $pass;

}

 

var_dump(randomize(10));

 

?>

But the randomize method is not returning desired result. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

 

Thanks for response.

[sunfighter]

I ran the code and received this error:

 

Warning: explode() expects parameter 2 to be string, array given .......

 

That's what your doing wrong.

[kenrbnsn]

Try this for your function:

<?php
function randomize(){
   $chars = array_merge(range("a","z"),range("A","Z"),range("0","9"));
 shuffle($chars);
   return implode('',array_slice($chars,0,10));
}

echo randomize();
?>

 

Ken