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Guys, how do I generate a string like this:
Z8Yjv.jpg
I went to get a photo of a user here from Stack-Overflow and the name of the photo came like this. I had thought of something like this:
<?php
$string = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789";
echo substr(str_shuffle($string), 0, 6);
?>
What is the probability of generating the same string??... And if it is wrong in this way, then what is the best way to generate it???
There’s no point in doing that. Just use a Base64 (or other predictable criterion) from the database ID (or any sequential counter), which will never repeat.
– Bacco
@Bacco You’re right, I hadn’t even thought about it. hehe, thank you!
– Bruno
Another way is to do its own function, but it manages sequentially: a, b, c, .... , x, y, z, A, B, C, .... Z, aa, ab, ac, ad... Similar to what spreadsheets do with column identification. It continues in the same logic: you choose the characters, but convert from a numerical sequence that increments from 1 to 1, without repetition (which, at the end of the day, is exactly the same as URL shorteners and image stores usually do).
– Bacco
Good night! take a look at this link https://www.vivaolinux.com.br/script/String-randomica/
– Muka149