PHP - Generate an 8 character hash from an integer

Question

Is there a way to take any number, from say, 1 to 40000 and generate an 8 character hash?

I was thinking of using base_convert but couldn\'t figure out

Answer 1

there are many ways ...

one example

$x = ?
$s = '';
for ($i=0;$i<8;++$i)
{
    $s .= chr( $x%26 + ord('a') );
    $x /= 26;
}