[thelist] PHP Generate a reference number

Andrew Maynes andrew at humanbehaviour.co.uk
Thu Jan 16 08:13:01 CST 2003


Hi All

I am currently generating a reference number with the following:

/* Lets calculate a reference number. */

	mt_srand ((double)microtime() * 10000000);

	$reference_number = mt_rand (1000000,9999999);

What I would like to do is generate a ref number based on time dd/mm/yyyy can
this be done?

Andrew




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