PHP ID

[Jackd]

Can anyone help me out on how to create a unique id similar to the ones that youtube uses e.g. qas27wHba4w in php, ive searched google but havent found anything


Thanks
Jack

[rosswilson]

I personally quite like the Shaun The Sheep video - [nomedia="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qas27wHba4w"]YouTube - Shaun the Sheep - Still Life[/nomedia].

On topic however, a quick search for "PHP password generator" would get you on track . For example: PHP random password generator.

[Jackd]

lol i knew someone would look at the video :P

And thanks thats what im looking for

[webman]

You could use uniqid() for something similar.

[dhicks]

Can anyone help me out on how to create a unique id similar to the ones that youtube uses e.g. qas27wHba4w in php

What you want is a unique identifier rather than just a randomly generated password - i.e. not only should your ID be random, it should be unique (because you don't want two objects identified with the same ID string):

[ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUID]Universally Unique Identifier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

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David Hicks