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List:       nyphp-talk
Subject:    Re: [nyphp-talk] generate random unique 8-digit number
From:       Daniel Convissor <danielc () analysisandsolutions ! com>
Date:       2009-03-13 15:47:41
Message-ID: 20090313154740.GA27968 () panix ! com
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On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 07:23:56PM -0400, Tim Gales wrote:
> md5(uniqid(rand(), true))

Though MD5 collisions are possible, so I wouldn't count on that always 
resulting in a unique id.

--Dan

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