我喜欢使用openssl_random_pseudo_bytes的最后一个注释，但这对我来说不是一个解决方案，因为我仍然必须删除我不想要的字符，而且我无法获得一个设置长度的字符串。这是我的解决方案……

function rndStr($len = 20) {
    $rnd='';
    for($i=0;$i<$len;$i++) {
        do {
            $byte = openssl_random_pseudo_bytes(1);
            $asc = chr(base_convert(substr(bin2hex($byte),0,2),16,10));
        } while(!ctype_alnum($asc));
        $rnd .= $asc;
    }
    return $rnd;
}

function getRandomString($length) {
  $salt = array_merge(range('a', 'z'), range(0, 9));
  $maxIndex = count($salt) - 1;

  $result = '';
  for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++) {
    $index = mt_rand(0, $maxIndex);
    $result .= $salt[$index];
  }
  return $result
}

这将创建一个20个字符的十六进制字符串:

$string = bin2hex(openssl_random_pseudo_bytes(10)); // 20 chars

在PHP 7 (random_bytes())中:

$string = base64_encode(random_bytes(10)); // ~14 characters, includes /=+
// or
$string = substr(str_replace(['+', '/', '='], '', base64_encode(random_bytes(32))), 0, 32); // 32 characters, without /=+
// or
$string = bin2hex(random_bytes(10)); // 20 characters, only 0-9a-f

<?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 */

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;
}

下面是一个简单的单行程序，它生成一个真正的随机字符串，而不需要任何脚本级循环或使用OpenSSL库。

echo substr(str_shuffle(str_repeat('0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ', mt_rand(1,10))), 1, 10);

把它分解，这样参数就清楚了

// Character List to Pick from
$chrList = '0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ';

// Minimum/Maximum times to repeat character List to seed from
$chrRepeatMin = 1; // Minimum times to repeat the seed string
$chrRepeatMax = 10; // Maximum times to repeat the seed string

// Length of Random String returned
$chrRandomLength = 10;

// The ONE LINE random command with the above variables.
echo substr(str_shuffle(str_repeat($chrList, mt_rand($chrRepeatMin,$chrRepeatMax))), 1, $chrRandomLength);

此方法的工作原理是随机重复字符列表，然后打乱组合的字符串，并返回指定的字符数。

您可以进一步随机化它，通过随机化返回字符串的长度，将$chrRandomLength替换为mt_rand(8,15)(用于8到15个字符之间的随机字符串)。