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hello want generate random string in php repetition ag7hla. there anyway trying this

<?php function random_string($length) {     $length = (int) $length;     if ($length < 1) return '';      $base = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz123456789";     $max = strlen($base) - 1;      $string = '';         while ($len--)     {         $string = $base[mt_rand(0, $max)];     }     return $string; }     ?> 

but random string not being generated

function generaterandomstring($length = 10) {     $char = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz';     $randomstring = '';     ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++) {         $randomstring .= $char[rand(0, strlen($char) - 1)];     }     return $randomstring; } 

if u want add numbers too, $char be--->

$char = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890'; 

and if capital cases--->

$char = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890';