rand function with characters in php code example

Example 1: randomstring php

//generates 13 character random unique alphanumeric id
echo uniqid();
//output - 5e6d873a4f597

Example 2: php random string

function rand_str() {
    $characters = '0123456789-=+{}[]:;@#~.?/>,<|\!"£$%^&*()abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ';
    $randomstr = '';
    for ($i = 0; $i < random_int(50, 100); $i++) {
      $randomstr .= $characters[rand(0, strlen($characters) - 1)];
    }
    return $randomstr;
  }