16 chars?

[alexjewell]

The following code, after reading it, I assume it creates a random string of 16 characters. What exactly can the purpose of this be?

$len = 16;
$base='ABCDEFGHKLMNOPQRSTWXYZabcdefghjkmnpqrstwxyz123456789';
$max=strlen($base)-1;
$activatecode='';
mt_srand((double)microtime()*1000000);
while (strlen($activatecode)<$len+1)
  $activatecode.=$base{mt_rand(0,$max)};
  
echo $activatecode; 

[Twey]

Presumably an activation code.

They'd have an easier time with md5() though.

[alexjewell]

Activation code?

[djr33]

Like... "click this link" (.../page.php?code=dfjaslkfksajkldfjklsaf), and then it does something, like generates a password for you or something.