function randStr($len=6) {
$chars='ABDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTVWXYabdefghijkmnpqrstvwxy23456789#%*'; // characters to build the password from
mt_srand((double)microtime()*1000000*getmypid()); // seed the random number generater (must be done)
$password='';
while(strlen($password)<$len)
$password.=substr($chars,(mt_rand()%strlen($chars)),1);
return $password;
}
?>