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phplaravellaravel-5
Anonymus
Anonymus

Reputation: 222

How to set prefix before string generation?

Hi i have a function that generates random string, but i want to set 3 prefix's and system to choose random prefix of thoses specified? The prefix's is 001, 002 or 003. For example when i try to generate string i want my system to choose one prefix of these that i specify.

public function generateRandomNumber($length) {

    $prefix = '001';
    //$prefix = '001';
    //$prefix = '001';
    $characters = '0123456789';
    $charactersLength = strlen($characters);
    $randomNumber = '';
    for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++) {
        $randomNumber .= $characters[rand(0, $charactersLength - 1)];
    }
    return $prefix . $randomNumber;
}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 262

Answers (2)

user8765925
user8765925

Reputation: 

public function generateRandomNumber($length) {

    $prefix = array(001,002,003);
    $characters = '0123456789';
    $charactersLength = strlen($characters);
    $randomNumber = '';
    for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++) {
        $randomNumber .= $characters[rand(0, $charactersLength - 1)];
    }
    return $prefixes[array_rand($prefixes)].$randomNumber;
}

Upvotes: 2

Jerodev
Jerodev

Reputation: 33196

You can create an array of prefixes and pick a random one using array_rand.

$prefixes = ['001', '002', '003'];
$prefix = $prefixes[array_rand($prefixes)];

Upvotes: 2

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