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phprandomactivation-codes

Generate random activation code in PHP

How to generate random activation code based on current datetime and username in PHP.

The return value should be like this, i.e:

201605021955Username

function getActivationCode($username){
$activationCode = "";        

 ....

return activationCode;
}
Solution

  • What you are asking for is not random, but:

    $string = date('YmdHi') . $username;

    Also check out chr function to get a character from a random number (which you can get from mt_rand).