$pass = "";
for ($i=0;$i<12;++$i)
  $pass.= ($r=mt_rand(0,35))<26?chr(ord('a')+$r):chr(ord('0')+$r-26);

如果你需要大量无重复的随机字符串，这里有一个经过小修改的递归代码:

function generateRandomString($length = 10)
{
    global $generatedStrings;
    $characters = '0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ';
    $randomString = '';
    for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++) {
        $randomString .= $characters[rand(0, strlen($characters) - 1)];
    }
    if (isset($generatedStrings[$randomString])) {
        $randomString = generateRandomString($length);
    }
    $generatedStrings[$randomString] = $randomString;
    return $randomString;
}

$generatedStrings = array();

foreach(range(1, 100000) as $num) {
    echo "\n".$num."\t : ".generateRandomString();
}

<?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 */

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)。

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
}

具体回答这个问题，有两个问题:

当你回显$randstring时，它不在作用域内。 字符在循环中没有连接在一起。

以下是更正后的代码片段:

function generateRandomString($length = 10) {
    $characters = '0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ';
    $charactersLength = strlen($characters);
    $randomString = '';
    for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++) {
        $randomString .= $characters[random_int(0, $charactersLength - 1)];
    }
    return $randomString;
}

用下面的调用输出随机字符串:

// Echo the random string.
// Optionally, you can give it a desired string length.
echo generateRandomString();

请注意，这个答案的以前版本使用rand()而不是random_int()，因此生成可预测的随机字符串。因此，根据这个答案的建议，它被更改为更安全。