Question

I need to generate something like this using PHP:

******
*********
****
***********
******
********
*******
*********
*******
**********
********
******
********

using PHP.

So, if i.e. I have this code so far:

<?php 

$character = "*"; //character that will be used in generated strings

$min = "4"; //minimum characters for a generated string

$max = "12"; //maximum characters for a generated string

?>

What is the efficient way to write the next part of the code for rand() and echo of the string?

Answer 1

You could use str_repeat() in conjunction with mt_rand() (or plain old rand()) using those variables.

echo str_repeat($character, mt_rand($min, $max));