Code to generate a random string using php

/*************
*@l - length of random string
*/
function generate_rand($l){
$c= "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789";
srand((double)microtime()*1000000);
for($i=0; $i<$l; $i++) {
$rand.= $c[rand()%strlen($c)];
}
return $rand;
}
?>