Simple and Quick Way to Generate Random String or Value (salt) Using PHP

smallwei 5:31 pm on October 13, 2009 | Answers: 1    
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• smallwei 5:32 pm on October 13, 2009
  

  Use the following method to generate random string in php

  // Assign random string to $random_salt_value variable.
  // The string will have 50 characters
  $random_salt_value = substr(md5(uniqid(rand(), true)), 0, 50);