danielthegeek/rand-gen

Random string generator for the CodeIgniter framework

RandGen v1.0.0

CodeIgniter random string generator library. This library can be used for generating ticket ID's, user ID's or anything that needs randomness :-)., _(*1)

Requirements

• PHP >=5.2.4

Installation via Composer

Install Composer to your project root:, _(*2)

$ curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php

Add a composer.json file to your project:, _(*3)

{
  "require": {
    "danielthegeek/rand-gen": "dev-master"
  }
}

Run the Composer installer:

php composer.phar install

Copy the Rand_gen.php file from path/to/project/vendor/danielthegeek/rand-gen/src to your CI library folder normally located at path/to/project/application/libraries. For example:, _(*4)

$ cd /var/www/html/example-project
$ cp vendor/danielthegeek/rand-gen/src/Rand_gen.php application/libraries

And you're good to go., _(*5)

Usage

Loading the library:

public function myFunction()
{
  $this->load->library('rand_gen');
}
 ```
or auto load the library if you plan on using it frequently by editing `application/config/autoload.php`
```php
$autoload['libraries'] = array('rand_gen');

Generating random string

Call the generate() method. The generate() method accepts two arguments: Length (Int) and Type ('alpha'|'numeric'|'alpha-numeric')., _(*6)

The string type value can be: * alpha - Generates a string that contains only alphabets, * numeric - Generates a string that contains only numbers or * alpha-numeric - Generates a string that contains a combination of alphabets and numbers If a string type is not defined, the default combination will be used. For example:, _(*7)

rand_gen->generate(100);
  echo $randString;

  // Random string of 30 characters containing only alphabets
  $randAlphaString = $this->rand_gen->generate(30, 'alpha');
  echo $randAlphaString;
    
  // Random string of 250 characters containing only numbers
  $randNumString = $this->rand_gen->generate(250, 'numeric');
  echo $randNumString;
    
  // Random string of 50 characters containing only alphabets and numbers
  $randAlphanumString = $this->rand_gen->generate(50, 'alpha-numeric');
  echo $randAlphanumString; 
?>

Contributing

1. Fork it!
2. Create your feature branch: git checkout -b my-new-feature
3. Commit your changes: git commit -am 'Add some feature'
4. Push to the branch: git push origin my-new-feature
5. Submit a pull request :D

License

MIT License, _(*8)