note 56730 deleted from function.rand by felipe

Note Submitter: Viking Coder 

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To mark at mmpro dot de, or anybody else wanting a unique list of random numbers in a given range.

$min=1;
$max=10;
$count=5;

$list=range($min,$max);
shuffle($list);
$list=array_slice($list,0,$count);

andy at andycc dot net, this can also be used to generate random strings.

$length=8;

$list=array_merge(range('a','z'),range(0,9));
shuffle($list);
$string=substr(join($list),0,$length);