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function randString($length) {
    $char = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789";
    $char = str_shuffle($char);
    for($i = 0, $rand = '', $l = strlen($char) - 1; $i < $length; $i ++) {
        $rand .= $char{mt_rand(0, $l)};
    }
    return $rand;
}

$random_id = randString(5);