Docs For Class RandomUtil

method getDate [line 282]

The getDate(
startDate
$startDate, endDate
$endDate, [format
$format = DATEFORMAT_FIXED], [seed
$seed = false])

Return a random date between $startDate and $endDate

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return:

resulting random date string

Parameters:

startDate	$startDate	The lower date bound
endDate	$endDate	The high date bound
format	$format	The date format to use
seed	$seed	Whether or not to seed the random number generator (optional) (default=false) seeding not required for PHP>4.2.0

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method getInteger [line 43]

The getInteger(
floor
$floor, ceil
$ceil, [seed
$seed = false])

Return a random integer between $floor and $ceil (inclusive)

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return:

resulting random integer

Parameters:

floor	$floor	The lower bound
ceil	$ceil	The upper bound
seed	$seed	Whether or not to seed the random number generator (optional) (default=false) seeding not required for PHP>4.2.0

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method getParagraphs [line 224]

The getParagraphs(
nParas
$nParas, [dict
$dict = ''], [irndS
$irndS = 0], [irndW
$irndW = 0], [startCustomary
$startCustomary = false], [seed
$seed = false])

Return a nParas paragraphs of random text based on the dictionary

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return:

resulting random date string

Parameters:

nParas	$nParas	The number of paragraphs to return to put in the sentence
dict	$dict	The dictionary to use (a space separated list of words)
irndS	$irndS	The number of sentences in a paragraph (optional) (default=0=randomlyGenerated)
irndW	$irndW	The number of words in a sentence (optional) (default=0=randomlyGenerated)
startCustomary	$startCustomary	Whether or not to start with the customary phrase (optional) (default=false)
seed	$seed	Whether or not to seed the random number generator (optional) (default=false) seeding not required for PHP>4.2.0

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method getRandomString [line 69]

The getRandomString(
length
$length, [seed
$seed = true])

Return a random string of specified length. This function uses uses md5() to generate the string.

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return:

resulting random integer

Parameters:

length	$length	The length of string to generate
seed	$seed	Whether or not to seed the random number generator (optional) (default=false) seeding not required for PHP>4.2.0

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method getSeed [line 26]

The getSeed(
)

Return a seed value for the srand() function

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return:

resulting seed value

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method getSentence [line 166]

The getSentence(
nWords
$nWords, dictArray
$dictArray, [seed
$seed = false])

Return a random sentence of nWords based on the dictionary

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return:

resulting random date string

Parameters:

nWords	$nWords	The number of words to put in the sentence
dictArray	$dictArray	The array of dictionary words to use
seed	$seed	Whether or not to seed the random number generator (optional) (default=false) seeding not required for PHP>4.2.0

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method getString [line 102]

The getString(
minLen
$minLen, maxLen
$maxLen, [leadingCapital
$leadingCapital = true], [useUpper
$useUpper = true], [useLower
$useLower = true], [useSpace
$useSpace = false], [useNumber
$useNumber = false], [useSpecial
$useSpecial = false], [seed
$seed = false], [dontuse
$dontuse = null])

Return a random string

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return:

resulting random string

Parameters:

minLen	$minLen	The minimum string length
maxLen	$maxLen	The maximum string length
leadingCapital	$leadingCapital	Whether or not the string should start with a capital letter (optional) (default=true)
useUpper	$useUpper	Whether or not to also use uppercase letters (optional) (default=true)
useLower	$useLower	Whether or not to also use lowercase letters (optional) (default=true)
useSpace	$useSpace	Whether or not to also use whitespace letters (optional) (default=true)
useNumber	$useNumber	Whether or not to also use numeric characters (optional) (default=false)
useSpecial	$useSpecial	Whether or not to also use special characters (optional) (default=false)
seed	$seed	Whether or not to seed the random number generator (optional) (default=false) seeding not required for PHP>4.2.0
dontuse	$dontuse	Array of characters not to use (optional) (default=null) eg $dontuse=array('a', 'b', 'c');

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method getUserID [line 307]

The getUserID(
[seed
$seed = false])

Return a random user-id

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return:

resulting random user-id

Parameters:

seed

$seed

Whether or not to seed the random number generator (optional) (default=false) seeding not required for PHP>4.2.0

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Class: RandomUtil

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method getDate [line 282]

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method getInteger [line 43]

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method getParagraphs [line 224]

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method getRandomString [line 69]

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method getSeed [line 26]

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method getSentence [line 166]

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method getString [line 102]

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method getUserID [line 307]

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