PHP Name Generator Code Library

<html>
<head>
  <title>Generate Your Wu-Name</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">

<h2>Generate Your Wu-Name</h2>
<p><hr size=1 noshade></p>

  <form action="<?=$SCRIPT_NAME?>" method="POST">
    <p><b>Enter your Name: </b><br>
    <input type="text" name="realname" size=25>    
    <input type="submit" value="Submit">
    </p>
  </form>

<p><hr size=1 noshade></p>

<?
if ($REQUEST_METHOD == "POST")
{
    $displayname = $realname;
    $realname = strtolower($realname);

    /*== generate seed number from name submitted ==*/
    $len = strlen($realname);
    $seed = 0; $s = 0;

    for ($e=1; $e<=$len; $e++)
    {
      $chr = substr($realname,$s,$e);
      $seed = $seed + ord($chr)*$e;

      $s=$e;
    }

    /*== read in the two files into the arrays ==*/
    $adj_array = file("wu_adjs");
    $noun_array = file("wu_nouns");

    /*== set random seed ==*/
    srand($seed);

    /*== get the random numbers for each name first/last or adj/noun ==*/
    $arnd = rand(0,sizeof($adj_array)-1);
    $nrnd = rand(0,sizeof($noun_array)-1);

    /*== create name from random numbers ==*/
    $wuname = "$adj_array[$arnd] $noun_array[$nrnd]";

    print "<p><font size=4><b>$displayname</b> from this day forward you <br>you will also be known as ";
    print "<font size='+1'><b> $wuname </b></font></font></p>";

  }
?>