函数作用域中的$randstring与调用它的作用域不相同。你必须把返回值赋给一个变量。

$randstring = RandomString();
echo $randstring;

或者直接回显返回值:

echo RandomString();

另外，在函数中有一个小错误。在for循环中，您需要使用.=，以便每个字符都被追加到字符串中。通过使用=，您将用每个新字符覆盖它，而不是追加。

$randstring .= $characters[rand(0, strlen($characters))];

以前的答案会生成不安全或难以输入的密码。

这是安全的，并且提供了用户更有可能实际使用的密码，而不是因为一些薄弱的东西而被丢弃。

// NOTE: On PHP 5.x you will need to install https://github.com/paragonie/random_compat

/**
 * Generate a password that can easily be typed by users.
 *
 * By default, this will sacrifice strength by skipping characters that can cause
 * confusion. Set $allowAmbiguous to allow these characters.
 */
static public function generatePassword($length=12, $mixedCase=true, $numericCount=2, $symbolCount=1, $allowAmbiguous=false, $allowRepeatingCharacters=false)
{
  // sanity check to prevent endless loop
  if ($numericCount + $symbolCount > $length) {
    throw new \Exception('generatePassword(): $numericCount + $symbolCount are too high');
  }

  // generate a basic password with just alphabetic characters
  $chars  = 'qwertyupasdfghjkzxcvbnm';
  if ($mixedCase) {
    $chars .= 'QWERTYUPASDFGHJKZXCVBNML';
  }
  if ($allowAmbiguous) {
    $chars .= 'iol';
    if ($mixedCase) {
      $chars .= 'IO';
    }
  }

  $password = '';
  foreach (range(1, $length) as $index) {
    $char = $chars[random_int(0, strlen($chars) - 1)];

    if (!$allowRepeatingCharacters) {
      while ($char == substr($password, -1)) {
        $char = $chars[random_int(0, strlen($chars) - 1)];
      }
    }

    $password .= $char;
  }


  // add numeric characters
  $takenSubstitutionIndexes = [];

  if ($numericCount > 0) {
    $chars = '23456789';
    if ($allowAmbiguous) {
      $chars .= '10';
    }

    foreach (range(1, $numericCount) as $_) {
      $index = random_int(0, strlen($password) - 1);
      while (in_array($index, $takenSubstitutionIndexes)) {
        $index = random_int(0, strlen($password) - 1);
      }

      $char = $chars[random_int(0, strlen($chars) - 1)];
      if (!$allowRepeatingCharacters) {
        while (substr($password, $index - 1, 1) == $char || substr($password, $index + 1, 1) == $char) {
          $char = $chars[random_int(0, strlen($chars) - 1)];
        }
      }

      $password[$index] = $char;
      $takenSubstitutionIndexes[] = $index;
    }
  }

  // add symbols
  $chars = '!@#$%&*=+?';
  if ($allowAmbiguous) {
    $chars .= '^~-_()[{]};:|\\/,.\'"`<>';
  }

  if ($symbolCount > 0) {
    foreach (range(1, $symbolCount) as $_) {
      $index = random_int(0, strlen($password) - 1);
      while (in_array($index, $takenSubstitutionIndexes)) {
        $index = random_int(0, strlen($password) - 1);
      }

      $char = $chars[random_int(0, strlen($chars) - 1)];
      if (!$allowRepeatingCharacters) {
        while (substr($password, $index - 1, 1) == $char || substr($password, $index + 1, 1) == $char) {
          $char = $chars[random_int(0, strlen($chars) - 1)];
        }
      }

      $password[$index] = $char;
      $takenSubstitutionIndexes[] = $index;
    }
  }

  return $password;
}

<?php
    /**
     * Creates a random string
     *
     * @param (int) $length
     *   Length in characters
     * @param (array) $ranges
     *   (optional) Array of ranges to be used
     *
     * @return
     * Random string
    */
    function random_string($length, $ranges = array('0-9', 'a-z', 'A-Z')) {
        foreach ($ranges as $r) $s .= implode(range(array_shift($r = explode('-', $r)), $r[1]));
        while (strlen($s) < $length) $s .= $s;
        return substr(str_shuffle($s), 0, $length);
    }

    // Examples:
    $l = 100;
    echo '<b>Default:</b> ' . random_string($l) . '<br />';
    echo '<b>Lower Case only:</b> ' . random_string($l, array('a-z')) . '<br />';
    echo '<b>HEX only:</b> ' . random_string($l, array('0-9', 'A-F')) . '<br />';
    echo '<b>BIN only:</b> ' . random_string($l, array('0-1')) . '<br />';

/* End of file */

你完全做错了，因为你依赖于数字，而不是字符，我不确定如果你想要随机输出只是数字，如果是这样，为什么需要得到所有的字母和所有的数字，并提取它们的长度?为什么不用rand(0,62)呢?，即使你在声明函数之前忘记初始化变量$randstring。

不管怎样，PHP为此目的提供了一个非常方便的函数。它的作用是()。下面是一个适合您需要的例子。

< ?php 函数随机字符串(){ $字符= '0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz '; 返回str_shuffle($字符); } echo randomString ();

PHP生成随机字符的函数

这个PHP函数为我工作:

function cvf_ps_generate_random_code($length=10) {

   $string = '';
   // You can define your own characters here.
   $characters = "23456789ABCDEFHJKLMNPRTVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";

   for ($p = 0; $p < $length; $p++) {
       $string .= $characters[mt_rand(0, strlen($characters)-1)];
   }

   return $string;

}

用法:

echo cvf_ps_generate_random_code(5);

实现这个函数的更好方法是:

function RandomString($length) {
    $keys = array_merge(range(0,9), range('a', 'z'));

    $key = "";
    for($i=0; $i < $length; $i++) {
        $key .= $keys[mt_rand(0, count($keys) - 1)];
    }
    return $key;
}

echo RandomString(20);

mt_rand在PHP 7中更加随机。rand函数是mt_rand的别名。