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afaanbilal/php-random-string
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Generate a random string of variable length from a given charset

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PHP Random String
=================

[](#php-random-string)

Author: **[Afaan Bilal](https://afaan.dev)**

Introduction
------------

[](#introduction)

**PHP Random String** is a composer package to generate random strings of variable length from a given charset.

Installation
============

[](#installation)

```
composer require afaanbilal/php-random-string

```

Usage
=====

[](#usage)

```
// Default length is 12 characters
// Default charset is ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789
(new \AfaanBilal\RandomString\RandomString())->generate();
// -> Kfx70JiRotb4

// Generate a random string of 20 characters
(new \AfaanBilal\RandomString\RandomString(20))->generate();
// -> 92CYbvtEMXynllOZmNWK

// Generate a random string of 25 characters from capital alphabets only
(new \AfaanBilal\RandomString\RandomString(25, 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'))->generate();
// -> ZEIXAISRXEHFOADNXNHOIWKSF
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

All contributions are welcome. Please create an issue first for any feature request or bug. Then fork the repository, create a branch and make any changes to fix the bug or add the feature and create a pull request. That's it! Thanks!

License
-------

[](#license)

**PHP Random String** is released under the MIT License. Check out the full license [here](LICENSE).

###  Health Score

39

—

LowBetter than 86% of packages

Maintenance79

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity23

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity39

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~1830 days

Total

2

Last Release

110d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/998502ff0a47420e61b76cff7e5959040379abbd09451ef1dc0160e357b3a2c2?d=identicon)[afaanbilal](/maintainers/afaanbilal)

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Top Contributors

[![AfaanBilal](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1507671?v=4)](https://github.com/AfaanBilal "AfaanBilal (11 commits)")

###  Code Quality

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