How to generate random alphanumeric string in PHP
This below function will help you to generate a random alphanumeric string in PHP.
function generateRandomString($length = 10) {
$characters = '0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ';
$charactersLength = strlen($characters);
$randomString = '';
for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++) {
$randomString .= $characters[rand(0, $charactersLength - 1)];
}
return $randomString;
}
echo $generateRandomString();
Output:
ozQS8IkMb2
Note: By default ,
generateRandomString()
function generates the combination of 10 random characters.