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I'm using the following to generate a random character from A-Z, but it's occasionally generating the @ symbol. Any idea how to prevent this? Maybe the character range is incorrect?

$letter = chr(64+rand(0,26));

Use this it's easier.

Upper Case

$letter = chr(rand(65,90));

Lowercase

$letter = chr(rand(97,122));

ascii chart

The code below generates a random alpha-numeric string of $length. You can see the numbers there for what you need.

function izrand($length = 32) {



                $random_string="";

                while(strlen($random_string)<$length && $length > 0) {

                        $randnum = mt_rand(0,61);

                        $random_string .= ($randnum < 10) ?

                                chr($randnum+48) : ($randnum < 36 ? 

                                        chr($randnum+55) : $randnum+61);

                 }

                return $random_string;

}

update: 12/19/2015

Here is an updated version of the function above, it adds the ability to generate a random numeric key OR an alpha numeric key. To generate numeric, simply add
the second paramater as true.

Example Usage

$randomNumber = izrand(32, true); // generates 32 digit number as string
$randomAlphaNumeric = izrand(); // generates 32 digit alpha numeric string

Typecast to Integer

If you want to typecast the number to integer, simply do this after you
generate the number. NOTE: This will drop any leading zeros if they exist.

$randomNumber = (int) $randomNumber;

izrand() v2

function izrand($length = 32, $numeric = false) {



    $random_string = "";

    while(strlen($random_string)<$length && $length > 0) {

        if($numeric === false) {

            $randnum = mt_rand(0,61);

            $random_string .= ($randnum < 10) ?

                chr($randnum+48) : ($randnum < 36 ? 

                    chr($randnum+55) : chr($randnum+61));

        } else {

            $randnum = mt_rand(0,9);

            $random_string .= chr($randnum+48);

        }

    }

    return $random_string;

}

ASCII code 64 is @. You want to start at 65, which is A. Also, PHP's rand generates a number from min to max inclusive: you should set it to 25 so the biggest character you get is 90 (Z).

$letter = chr(65 + rand(0, 25));

You could use, given you could generate from a-Z:

$range = array_merge(range('A', 'Z'),range('a', 'z'));

$index = array_rand($range, 1);

echo $range[$index];

$range = range('A', 'Z');

$index = array_rand($range);

echo $range[$index];