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raveren / cryptographically_secure_random_strings.php
Last active November 21, 2023 12:35
Generate cryptographically secure random strings. Based on Kohana's Text::random() method and this answer: http://stackoverflow.com/a/13733588/179104
function random_text( $type = 'alnum', $length = 8 )
{
switch ( $type ) {
case 'alnum':
$pool = '0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ';
break;
case 'alpha':
$pool = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ';
break;
case 'hexdec':