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<?php // Returns the total number of $count-length strings generatable from $letters. function getPermCount($letters, $count) { $result = 1; // k characters from a set of n has n!/(n-k)! possible combinations for($i = strlen($letters) - $count + 1; $i <= strlen($letters); $i++) { $result *= $i; } return $result; } // Decodes $index to a $count-length string from $letters, no repeat chars. function getPerm($letters, $count, $index) { $result = ''; for($i = 0; $i < $count; $i++) { $pos = $index % strlen($letters); $result .= ",".$letters[$pos]; $index = ($index-$pos)/strlen($letters); $letters = substr($letters, 0, $pos) . substr($letters, $pos+1); } return trim($result, ","); } $letters = 'abc'; $r = array(); //echo '1 letters from 4: '; for($i = 0; $i < getPermCount($letters, 1); $i++) $r[] = getPerm($letters, 1, $i); //echo '2 letters from 4: '; for($i = 0; $i < getPermCount($letters, 2); $i++) $r[] = getPerm($letters, 2, $i); //echo ' 3 letters from 4: '; for($i = 0; $i < getPermCount($letters, 3); $i++) $r[] = getPerm($letters, 3, $i); print_r($r);
Output for 4.3.0 - 4.3.11, 4.4.0 - 4.4.9, 5.0.0 - 5.0.5, 5.1.0 - 5.1.6, 5.2.0 - 5.2.17, 5.3.0 - 5.3.29, 5.4.0 - 5.4.45, 5.5.0 - 5.5.38, 5.6.0 - 5.6.28, 7.0.0 - 7.0.20, 7.1.0 - 7.1.10, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.12 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.27, 8.2.0 - 8.2.17, 8.3.0 - 8.3.4
Array ( [0] => a [1] => b [2] => c [3] => a,b [4] => b,a [5] => c,a [6] => a,c [7] => b,c [8] => c,b [9] => a,b,c [10] => b,a,c [11] => c,a,b [12] => a,c,b [13] => b,c,a [14] => c,b,a )

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