generate random token in php code example

Example 1: how to create random alphanumeric in php

<?php 
// online code for creating alphanumeric in php 
// this will generate 6 charactor, you can create as many just change the 6 from code
$pass = substr(str_shuffle("0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstvwxyz"), 0, 6);
echo $pass;

//output : 17w2y8
?>

Example 2: PHP random string generator

function generateRandomString($length = 25) {
    $characters = '0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ';
    $charactersLength = strlen($characters);
    $randomString = '';
    for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++) {
        $randomString .= $characters[rand(0, $charactersLength - 1)];
    }
    return $randomString;
}
//usage 
$myRandomString = generateRandomString(5);

Example 3: generate token in php

<?php

// Thanks to: https://thisinterestsme.com/generating-random-token-php/

//Generate a random string.
$token = openssl_random_pseudo_bytes(16);
 
//Convert the binary data into hexadecimal representation.
$token = bin2hex($token);
 
//Print it out for example purposes.
echo $token;

?>

Example 4: generating-random-token-php

<?php
 
//Generate a random string.
$token = openssl_random_pseudo_bytes(16);
 
//Convert the binary data into hexadecimal representation.
$token = bin2hex($token);
 
//Print it out for example purposes.
echo $token;
?>