Generate a number from an alphanumeric string. Has limited utility and no suggestion of identity uniqueness.

Generate number from an alphanumeric string.php

<?php
function getNumKey($str) {
  $alpha = range('A', 'Z');
  $chars = str_split(strtoupper($str));
  foreach ($chars as $char) {
    $x = (is_numeric($char)) ? $char : (array_search($char, $alpha) + 1);
    $numz += $x;
    // echo $x.' ';
  }
  return $numz;
}

$str = 'CHCH1CH2DKDK4';
$numkey = getNumKey($str);
// echo '<hr>' .  $numkey;