Question

I am looking for some help with script that makes email output from variable partly hidden before the @ like I have email

[e-mail]

And i need in output to have “randomly” put star there like:

ver***@gmail.com
verys*********************@gmail.com
ve*@gmail.com

But not like:

ver***mail.com
verysecre****ail.com

Just random uses of stars (or maybe static) it doesnt metter but before the @ character

I tried something like this

$output = substr_replace($val, '********', 2, 7);

Where $val = $email;

Answer 1

$mail = "[e-mail]";

$mailparts = explode("@", $mail);

$output = substr($mailparts[0],0,rand(2,5)) . str_repeat("*",rand(1,16));
$output .= "@" . $mailparts[1];