PHP Snippet 1:
function generateRandomString($length = 10) {
$characters = '0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ';
$charactersLength = strlen($characters);
$randomString = '';
for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++) {
$randomString .= $characters[rand(0, $charactersLength - 1)];
}
return $randomString;
}
PHP Snippet 2:
// Echo the random string.
// Optionally, you can give it a desired string length.
echo generateRandomString();
PHP Snippet 3:
function generateRandomString($length = 10) {
return substr(str_shuffle(str_repeat($x='0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ', ceil($length/strlen($x)) )),1,$length);
}
echo generateRandomString(); // OR: generateRandomString(24)
PHP Snippet 4:
/**
* Generate a random string, using a cryptographically secure
* pseudorandom number generator (random_int)
*
* This function uses type hints now (PHP 7+ only), but it was originally
* written for PHP 5 as well.
*
* For PHP 7, random_int is a PHP core function
* For PHP 5.x, depends on https://github.com/paragonie/random_compat
*
* @param int $length How many characters do we want?
* @param string $keyspace A string of all possible characters
* to select from
* @return string
*/
function random_str(
int $length = 64,
string $keyspace = '0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'
): string {
if ($length < 1) {
throw new \RangeException("Length must be a positive integer");
}
$pieces = [];
$max = mb_strlen($keyspace, '8bit') - 1;
for ($i = 0; $i < $length; ++$i) {
$pieces []= $keyspace[random_int(0, $max)];
}
return implode('', $pieces);
}
PHP Snippet 5:
$a = random_str(32);
$b = random_str(8, 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz');
$c = random_str();
PHP Snippet 6:
$string = bin2hex(openssl_random_pseudo_bytes(10)); // 20 chars
PHP Snippet 7:
$string = base64_encode(random_bytes(10)); // ~14 characters, includes /=+
// or
$string = substr(str_replace(['+', '/', '='], '', base64_encode(random_bytes(32))), 0, 32); // 32 characters, without /=+
// or
$string = bin2hex(random_bytes(10)); // 20 characters, only 0-9a-f
PHP Snippet 8:
<?php
$random = substr(md5(mt_rand()), 0, 7);
echo $random;
?>
PHP Snippet 9:
$string = base64_encode(openssl_random_pseudo_bytes(30));
PHP Snippet 10:
$bytes = random_bytes(16);
echo bin2hex($bytes);
PHP Snippet 11:
$bytes = openssl_random_pseudo_bytes(16);
echo bin2hex($bytes);
PHP Snippet 12:
function getRandomBytes($length = 16)
{
if (function_exists('random_bytes')) {
$bytes = random_bytes($length / 2);
} else {
$bytes = openssl_random_pseudo_bytes($length / 2);
}
return bin2hex($bytes);
}
echo getRandomBytes();
PHP Snippet 13:
echo substr(str_shuffle(str_repeat('0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ', mt_rand(1,10))), 1, 10);
PHP Snippet 14:
// Character List to Pick from
$chrList = '0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ';
// Minimum/Maximum times to repeat character List to seed from
$chrRepeatMin = 1; // Minimum times to repeat the seed string
$chrRepeatMax = 10; // Maximum times to repeat the seed string
// Length of Random String returned
$chrRandomLength = 10;
// The ONE LINE random command with the above variables.
echo substr(str_shuffle(str_repeat($chrList, mt_rand($chrRepeatMin,$chrRepeatMax))), 1, $chrRandomLength);
PHP Snippet 15:
function RandomString($length) {
$keys = array_merge(range(0,9), range('a', 'z'));
$key = "";
for($i=0; $i < $length; $i++) {
$key .= $keys[mt_rand(0, count($keys) - 1)];
}
return $key;
}
echo RandomString(20);
PHP Snippet 16:
function generateRandomString($length = 15)
{
return substr(sha1(rand()), 0, $length);
}
PHP Snippet 17:
$randstring = RandomString();
echo $randstring;
PHP Snippet 18:
echo RandomString();
PHP Snippet 19:
$randstring .= $characters[rand(0, strlen($characters))];
PHP Snippet 20:
$alphanum = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789';
$special = '~!@#$%^&*(){}[],./?';
$alphabet = $alphanum . $special;
PHP Snippet 21:
$len = 12; // length of password
$random = openssl_random_pseudo_bytes($len);
PHP Snippet 22:
$alphabet_length = strlen($alphabet);
$password = '';
for ($i = 0; $i < $len; ++$i) {
$password .= $alphabet[ord($random[$i]) % $alphabet_length];
}
PHP Snippet 23:
use SecurityLib\Strength;
$factory = new RandomLib\Factory;
$generator = $factory->getGenerator(new Strength(Strength::MEDIUM));
$password = $generator->generateString(12, $alphabet);
PHP Snippet 24:
2.5 $s = substr(str_shuffle(str_repeat($x='0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ', ceil($length/strlen($x)) )),1,32);
1.9 $s = base64_encode(openssl_random_pseudo_bytes(24));
1.68 $s = bin2hex(openssl_random_pseudo_bytes(16));
0.63 $s = base64_encode(random_bytes(24));
0.62 $s = bin2hex(random_bytes(16));
0.37 $s = substr(md5(rand()), 0, 32);
0.37 $s = substr(md5(mt_rand()), 0, 32);
PHP Snippet 25:
$user_password = substr(str_shuffle('abcdefghjkmnpqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHJKMNPQRSTUVWXYZ23456789'),0,5);
PHP Snippet 26:
<?php
echo $my_rand_strng = substr(str_shuffle("0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"), -15);
echo substr(md5(rand()), 0, 7);
echo str_shuffle(MD5(microtime()));
?>
PHP Snippet 27:
substr(md5(rand()),0,10);
PHP Snippet 28:
/**
* Generate a "random" alpha-numeric string.
*
* Should not be considered sufficient for cryptography, etc.
*
* @param int $length
* @return string
*/
function str_random($length = 16)
{
$pool = '0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ';
return substr(str_shuffle(str_repeat($pool, $length)), 0, $length);
}
PHP Snippet 29:
function rndStr($len = 64) {
$randomData = file_get_contents('/dev/urandom', false, null, 0, $len) . uniqid(mt_rand(), true);
$str = substr(str_replace(array('/','=','+'),'', base64_encode($randomData)),0,$len);
return $str;
}
PHP Snippet 30:
/** Get a random string
* @return string 32 hexadecimal characters
*/
function rand_string() {
return md5(uniqid(mt_rand(), true));
}
PHP Snippet 31:
/**
* Generates a random string of specified length.
* The string generated matches [A-Za-z0-9_-]+ and is transparent to URL-encoding.
*
* @param int $length the length of the key in characters
* @return string the generated random key
*/
function generateRandomString($length = 10) {
$bytes = random_bytes($length);
return substr(strtr(base64_encode($bytes), '+/', '-_'), 0, $length);
}
PHP Snippet 32:
function gen_uid($l=5){
return substr(str_shuffle("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789"), 10, $l);
}
echo gen_uid();
PHP Snippet 33:
echo gen_uid(30);
PHP Snippet 34:
/**
* @param int $length
* @param string $abc
* @return string
*/
function generateRandomString($length = 10, $abc = "0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ")
{
return substr(str_shuffle($abc), 0, $length);
}
PHP Snippet 35:
$str = implode('', array_map(function () { return chr(rand(0, 1) ? rand(48, 57) : rand(97, 122)); }, range(0, 9)));
PHP Snippet 36:
function random_string($length){
return substr(str_repeat(md5(rand()), ceil($length/32)), 0, $length);
}
PHP Snippet 37:
$characters = ’0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ’;
PHP Snippet 38:
$characters = '0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ';
PHP Snippet 39:
function randomString($length = 5) {
return substr(str_shuffle(implode(array_merge(range('A','Z'), range('a','z'), range(0,9)))), 0, $length);
}
PHP Snippet 40:
function rndStr($len = 20) {
$rnd='';
for($i=0;$i<$len;$i++) {
do {
$byte = openssl_random_pseudo_bytes(1);
$asc = chr(base_convert(substr(bin2hex($byte),0,2),16,10));
} while(!ctype_alnum($asc));
$rnd .= $asc;
}
return $rnd;
}
PHP Snippet 41:
$Length = 10;
$RandomString = substr(str_shuffle(md5(time())), 0, $Length);
echo $RandomString;
