I think you meant for this:
$pinnumber = randomString;
...to be this:
$pinnumber = randomString();
HTH,
B.Page
> Heres the problem for an upcoming RPG which will be based on
> PHP we're
> making a bank and such and will be relying on randomly generated 5
> digit #s..now i've gotten a script and done a simple echo of
> the value
> in the PIN Box for the form but it doesnt show..below is the script
>
> <?
> # return a randomly-generated string with input length
> # Blake Caldwell <blake@p...>
> function randomString($length=5){
> static $srand;
> if($srand != true){
> $srand = true;
> srand((double)microtime()*1000000); # only seed once!
> }
> $chars = "1234567890";
> for($i=0; $i<$length; $i++){
> $pin .= substr($chars,rand(0,strlen($chars)-1),1);
> }
>
> return $pin;
> }
>
> $pinnumber = randomString;
> ?>
>
> <html>
> <head>
> <title>Add a character account</title>
> </head>
> <tr>
> <td>Character PIN#</td>
>
> <td><b><input type="text" name="pin" value="<? echo
> "$pinnumber"; ?>"></b></td> </tr>
>
> (i've obviously cut out most of the HTML for people to read it)..i've
> tried putting just $pin and taking out the $pinnumber = randomString
> as well but neither seem to work is there something im forgetting to
> do to execute the function?
>
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