Generate Verification Key

While registering with a website we often need to verfy our email id. Given below is the code to develop that functionality. The following will generate the verification key which has 6 characters

function generatePassword()
{
    $length =6;
    $validchars = "0123456789abcdfghjkmnpqrstvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";

    $password ="";
    $counter = 0;

    while($counter < $length)
    {
        $actChar = substr($validchars, rand(0, strlen($validchars)), 1);

        if(!strstr($password, $actchar))
       {
           $password .= $actChar;
           $counter++;
       }
   }

   return $password;
}

rand(0, stlen($validchars)) – generates a random number between 0 and the length of $validchars (inclusive of both ends).

substr($a, $b , len) – get generates a sub string from $a from the first occurrence of $b to length specified by len.

strstr($a, $b) – checks whether $a has $b in it. This is done to create unique characters.

So this is how you generate random string. How you can use it for verification purpose of a user registration is explained in the subsequent posts.