Generate salt

gistfile1.php

<?php

/**
 * This function generates a password salt as a string of x characters
 * ranging from a-zA-Z0-9.
 *
 * @param $max integer The number of characters in the string
 * @author AfroSoft <scripts@afrosoft.co.cc>
 */
function generate_salt($max = 40) 
{
	$character_list = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789";
	$salt = "";
	for ($i = 0; $i < $max; $i++)
		$salt .= $character_list{mt_rand(0,strlen($character_list)-1)};
	return $salt;
}

?>