a method of selecting random characters from given string

Question

Can anyone help me with a solution that pulls the position and value of a random character from a given string using PHP. For example I have a a string variable $string = \

Answer 1

Code:

$string    = 'helloworld';
$position  = rand(0, strlen($string));
$character = $string[$position-1];

echo $character . ' is placed ' . $position . ' in the following string: ' . $string;

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Output Example:

e is placed 2 in the following string: helloworld

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