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Creates a random string of x characters, using a defined string of possible characters

Creates a random string of x characters, using a defined string of possible characters

<? 
function randomString($len) { 
   srand(date("s")); 
   $possible="ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890!@#$%^&*()"; 
   $str=""; 
   while(strlen($str)<$len) { 
      $str.=substr($possible,(rand()%(strlen($possible))),1); 
   } 
   return($str); 
} 
?>