From 3782e71ae6df9d0198e43b1288feb7599c4171e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Uwe Steinmann <steinm@debian.org>
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 12:42:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add method makeRandomString()

---
 inc/inc.Utils.php | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/inc/inc.Utils.php b/inc/inc.Utils.php
index 67dbd7d0c..6c1aa9c44 100644
--- a/inc/inc.Utils.php
+++ b/inc/inc.Utils.php
@@ -1293,6 +1293,20 @@ class SeedDMS_Utils { /* {{{ */
 		}
 	} /* }}} */
 
+	/**
+	 * Create a random string
+	 *
+	 * @param integer $n number of chars
+	 * @param string $alph alphabet used as source for chars
+	 * @return string random string
+	 */
+	static public function makeRandomString($n, $alph = "0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz") { /* {{{ */
+		$s = "";
+		for ($i = 0; $i != $n; ++$i)
+			$s .= $alph[mt_rand(0, 35)];
+		return $s;
+	} /* }}} */
+
 } /* }}} */
 
 /**