and hash it using md5 to create the ticket code $unencrypted_string = $next_ticket_id.$response_table.$_SESSION['editor_experiment_id']; $encrypted_string = md5($unencrypted_string); $ticket_values .= sprintf("(%s,%s,%s,%s)", GetSQLValueString($encrypted_string,"text"), GetSQLValueString($_SESSION['editor_experiment_id'],"int"), GetSQLValueString($_POST['ticket_type'],"text"), GetSQLValueString($expiration_datetime,"date")); ($iticket < $_POST['num_tickets']) ? $ticket_values.=',' : NULL ; $next_ticket_id++; } $sql_create_ticket = sprintf("insert into ticket (ticket_code, experiment_id, type, expiration_datetime) values %s",$ticket_values); $gen_ticket_success = mysql_insert($sql_create_ticket); ?>