(PHP ActiveX) Generating Random ASCII Strings

Demonstrates how to generate random us-ascii strings.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Note: The php_com_dotnet.dll may need to be enabled inside of php.ini.

<?php

// All Chilkat classes can be unlocked at once at the beginning of a program
// by calling UnlockBundle.  It requires a Bundle unlock code.
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.Global')
$chilkatGlob = new COM("Chilkat.Global");
$success = $chilkatGlob->UnlockBundle('Anything for 30-day trial.');
if ($success != 1) {
    print $chilkatGlob->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.Prng')
$fortuna = new COM("Chilkat.Prng");

// Generate random strings having only lowercase chars (a-z)
// Disallow digits and uppercase and only allow lowercase
$bDigits = 0;
$bUppercase = 0;
$bLowercase = 1;

print '-- only lowercase alpha (a-z)' . "\n";
for ($i = 1; $i <= 10; $i++) {
    // Generate 20-character strings.
    print $fortuna->randomString(20,$bDigits,$bLowercase,$bUppercase) . "\n";
}

// Allow both lowercase and uppercase alpha chars
$bUppercase = 1;
print '-- lower and uppercase alpha (a-zA-Z)' . "\n";
for ($i = 1; $i <= 10; $i++) {
    // Generate 20-character strings.
    print $fortuna->randomString(20,$bDigits,$bLowercase,$bUppercase) . "\n";
}

// Allow digits (0-9)
$bDigits = 1;
print '-- digits and lower/uppercase alpha (0-9a-zA-Z)' . "\n";
for ($i = 1; $i <= 10; $i++) {
    // Generate 20-character strings.
    print $fortuna->randomString(20,$bDigits,$bLowercase,$bUppercase) . "\n";
}

// Allow only digits (0-9)
$bUppercase = 0;
$bLowercase = 0;
print '-- only digits (0-9)' . "\n";
for ($i = 1; $i <= 10; $i++) {
    // Generate 20-character strings.
    print $fortuna->randomString(20,$bDigits,$bLowercase,$bUppercase) . "\n";
}


?>