PHP: How to generate a random, unique, alphanumeric string for use in a secret link?

Question

How would it be possible to generate a random, unique string using numbers and letters for use in a verify link? Like when you create an account on a website, and it sends y

Answer 1

we can use this two line of code to generate unique string have tested around 10000000 times of iteration

  $sffledStr= str_shuffle('abscdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890!@#$%^&*()_-+');
    $uniqueString = md5(time().$sffledStr);