how to create automatic unique profile id for all candidates?

sainsalex · #1 (**permalink**) 02-13-07, 23:48

Hey guys, my friend Nick is developing marriage bureau site and he wants to create automatic unique profile id for all profiles using php.
In this site user can only search the profile(biodata). Profile will be added by the site administratior.
So how dose he create automatic unique profile id for all candidates?
Thank you so much!!

gaby2k4 · #2 (**permalink**) 02-14-07, 00:44

He can take the email id of the member (if it is unique in his database) and convert it to say an MD5 string, then remove non alphanumeric characters, and he has got a unique profile id for all candidates. :D