how do I generate a random number for a token/session id?
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- Thread starter burntswi
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Stickbread
Programmer
This may be helpful:
Code:
<?
srand(time());
$random = (rand()%9);
print("random number between 0 and 9 is: $random");
?>would suggest the answer from the php.net website
see
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Code:
$token = md5(uniqid(rand(), true)); //this creates a unique id based on current microseconds prefixed with a random number and then all converted into md5- Status
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