PHP- Generate random 5 characters string

We can do this using vey easy code. Below is the code to nerate random 5 characters string.

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$seed = str_split('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'                  .'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'                  .'0123456789!@#$%^&*()'); // and any other characters shuffle($seed); // probably optional since array_is randomized; this may be redundant $rand = ''; foreach (array_rand($seed, 5) as $k) $rand .= $seed[$k];   echo $rand;