# Php random possibilities

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-random-possibilities/46034
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**Created:** [March 20, 2004, 12:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-random-possibilities/46034 "2004-03-20T12:32:50Z")
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### Author: ![dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@dreamer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dreamer)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2004, 12:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-random-possibilities/46034/1 "2004-03-20T12:32:50Z")

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how do you make a php script that will generate and list all possibilities for abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz and only 5 characters?

I know the normal random generator:  
function makeRandomPassword() {  
$salt = “abchefghjkmnpqrstuvwxyz”;  
srand((double)microtime()\*1000000);  
$i = 0;  
while ($i \<= 7) {  
$num = rand() % 33;  
$tmp = substr($salt, $num, 1);  
$pass = $pass . $tmp;  
$i++;  
}  
return $pass;  
}  
$random\_password = makeRandomPassword();  
echo “Random Password is $random\_password”;

any help?