I personally really like this,
Maybe you can customize it as needed - or someone can improve upon it !
<?php
// create a new UID in this format,
// PIN + 6 alpha/numeric characters
// example --> PIN9f39f7
$rawuid = md5(uniqid(rand(),1));
$uid = "PIN" . substr($rawuid,0,6);
echo $uid;
?>
on 4/11/02 3:44 PM, ROBERT MCPEAK at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Could somebody share with me a simple way to create a unique numeric ID
> for a new record in a mySQL db?
>
> Thanks!
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