Generating random text

[pitchke]

hey guys....
i need php to generate random text...
thanks in advance...
tarun.

[brettl]

I've used these two function before to generate random passwords. I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for but it may put you in the right direction.

[CODE=php]
<?php
function Random_Text($le ngth) {
srand(date("s") );
$possible_chara ctors = "abcdefghijklmn opqrstuvwxyz123 4567890ABCDEFGH IJKLMNOPQRSTUVW XYZ";
$string = "";
while(strlen($s tring)<$length) {
$string .= substr($possibl e_charactors, rand()%(strlen( $possible_chara ctors)),1);
}
return($string) ;
}

echo 'random text: ';
echo Random_Text(8);
echo '<br/>';

function ramdomword($len gth){

srand((double)m icrotime()*1000 000);

$vowels = array("a", "e", "i", "o", "u");
$cons = array("b", "c", "d", "g", "h", "j", "k", "l", "m", "n", "p", "r", "s", "t", "u", "v", "w", "tr",
"cr", "br", "fr", "th", "dr", "ch", "ph", "wr", "st", "sp", "sw", "pr", "sl", "cl");

$num_vowels = count($vowels);
$num_cons = count($cons);

for($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++){
$password .= $cons[rand(0, $num_cons - 1)] . $vowels[rand(0, $num_vowels - 1)];
}

return substr($passwor d, 0, $length);
}

echo '<br/>';
echo 'random word(almost): ';
echo ramdomword(10);
?>
[/CODE]

[pbmods]

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