irazasyed

/**
 * Generate and return a random characters string
 *
 * Useful for generating passwords or hashes.
 * 
 * The default string returned is 8 alphanumeric characters string.
 *
 * The type of string returned can be changed with the "type" parameter.
 * Seven types are - by default - available: basic, alpha, alphanum, num, nozero, unique and md5. 
 *

JeffreyWay

You know how, in JavaScript, we can set a value to a variable if one doesn't, like this:

name = name || 'joe';

This is quite common and very helpful. Another option is to do:

name || (name = 'joe');

Ocramius

<?php

use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
use Doctrine\Common\Collections\ArrayCollection;

/**
 * @ORM\Entity()
 * @ORM\Table(name="user")
 */
class User

earthgecko

#!/bin/bash
# bash generate random alphanumeric string
#

# bash generate random 32 character alphanumeric string (upper and lowercase) and 
NEW_UUID=$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w 32 | head -n 1)

# bash generate random 32 character alphanumeric string (lowercase only)
cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-z0-9' | fold -w 32 | head -n 1