PHP Random String Generator

Published 5 years ago.
Last updated August 4th, 2020

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/**
 * Generate a random string, using a cryptographically secure 
 * pseudorandom number generator (random_int)
 * 
 * per https://stackoverflow.com/a/31107425
 */
function get_random_string($length = 16, $keyspace = '0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ')
{
    $str = '';
    $max = mb_strlen($keyspace, '8bit') - 1;
    for ($i = 0; $i < $length; ++$i) {
        $str .= $keyspace[random_int(0, $max)];
    }
    return $str;
}

// Tests.
echo 'Test 01: ' . get_random_string() . "\n";
echo 'Test 02: ' . get_random_string(2) . "\n";
echo 'Test 03: ' . get_random_string(32) . "\n";
echo 'Test 04: ' . get_random_string(16, '1234567') . "\n";
echo 'Test 05: ' . get_random_string(16, '123abcABC') . "\n";
echo 'Test 06: ' . get_random_string(16, 'ABC') . "\n";
echo 'Test 07: ' . get_random_string(16, '10') . "\n";