PHP random string generator with numeric
Random string
In this section we will learn how to create alpha numeric random string that is basically used in password. We can easily generates this string with the help of rand() function.
Random string example
<html>
<body>
<form name= "info" id= "info" method= "post" action= "" >
<strong>Enter length of string</strong>
<input name= "name" type= "text"><br/>
<input type= "submit" name= "Submit" value= "Submit" />
</form>
<?php
$count=0;
$alpha_numeric="";
if(isset($_POST['Submit']))
{
$count=trim($_POST["name"]);
}
$alpha_c = array
("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");
$alpha_s = array
("a", "b", "c", "d",
"e","f","g","h","i",
"j","k","l","m","n",
"o","p","q","r","s",
"t","u","v","w","x",
"y","z");
for($i=1; $i <= $count; $i++)
{
$b=rand(1,3);
$a=rand(0,25);
if($b == 1)
{
$alpha_numeric .=$alpha_c[$a];
}
elseif($b==2)
{
$alpha_numeric .=$alpha_s[$a];
}
else
{
$alpha_numeric .=rand(0,9);
}
}
echo $alpha_numeric;
?>
</body>
</html>
Output
Enter length of string
Explanation
In the above example, first create the HTML form that takes the the length of the string through the user.
And after that create two array, one form capital character and one for small character and execute a for loop until we reach the required digit.
Create three random number with the help of rand() function pass it to the if condition, array variable and number(0-9).
