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PHP >=5.2.4

$ curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php

{
"require": {
"danielthegeek/rand-gen": "dev-master"
}
}

php composer.phar install

$ cd /var/www/html/example-project
$ cp vendor/danielthegeek/rand-gen/src/Rand_gen.php application/libraries

public function myFunction()
{
$this->load->library( 'rand_gen' ) ;
}

$autoload[ 'libraries' ] = array( 'rand_gen' ) ;

<?php
// Random string of 100 characters using the default combination
$randString = $this->rand_gen->generate( 100 ) ;
echo $randString ;

// Random string of 30 characters containing only alphabets
$randAlphaString = $this->rand_gen->generate( 30, 'alpha' ) ;
echo $randAlphaString ;

// Random string of 250 characters containing only numbers
$randNumString = $this->rand_gen->generate( 250, 'numeric' ) ;
echo $randNumString ;

// Random string of 50 characters containing only alphabets and numbers
$randAlphanumString = $this->rand_gen->generate( 50, 'alpha-numeric' ) ;
echo $randAlphanumString ;
?>

Codenister:
Cool, will try it out very soon.
Your effort is laudable

DanielTheGeek:
CodeIgniter random string generator library. This library can be used for generating ticket ID's, user ID's or anything that needs randomness :-).

Requirements



Installation via Composer

Install Composer to your project root:



Add a composer.json file to your project:

Run the Composer installer:



Copy the Rand_gen.php file from path/to/project/vendor/danielthegeek/rand-gen/src to your CI library folder normally located at path/to/project/application/libraries. For example:

And you're good to go.
Usage
Loading the library:

or auto load the library if you plan on using it frequently by editing application/config/autoload.php



Generating random string

Call the generate() method. The generate() method accepts two arguments: Length (Int) and Type ('alpha'|'numeric'|'alpha-numeric').
Arguments | Description | Value
Length ---- The length of the string to be generated ---- alpha, numeric, alpha-numeric
Type ---- The string type to be generated. ---- Int

The string type value can be:

alpha - Generates a string that contains only alphabets,
numeric - Generates a string that contains only numbers or
alpha-numeric - Generates a string that contains a combination of alphabets and numbers If a string type is not defined, the default combination will be used. For example:



Contributing

Fork it!
Create your feature branch: git checkout -b my-new-feature
Commit your changes: git commit -am 'Add some feature'
Push to the branch: git push origin my-new-feature
Submit a pull request

License

MIT License

Cooldude68:
I really appreciate your post. I'm a developer as well, but I'll like to learn more from u. Can I av your whatsapp contact?

DanielTheGeek:
Glad you're giving it a try..

Codenister:
Do you have a link to on git??