randomize words of a string php code example

Example 1: 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 2: random word using a wordlist php

// Read the whole file into a array.
$file = file('File Location');

// Getting the Words Count in the file.
$wCount = count($file);

// Printing out the random word.
echo $file[rand(0, $wCount - 1)];

// This is a one liner.
echo file('File Location')[rand(0, count(file('File Location')) - 1)];