Randomy - Random letter generator

Here is a PHP CLI script I wrote the other day. I thought it was cool and felt like releasing it. (Fun to run in terminal/cmd prompt)

Feel free to correct any of my errors in this script. Mainly wrote it to figure out PHP5 OOP a little more.

Just be sure to change the first line so it matches your php executable.

#!C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.2.11\php.exe -q
<?php
/**
 * Randomy
 *
 * A PHP based script that generates random text until it reaches the
 *   desired username.
 *
 * @package	Randomy
 * @author		Joel Larson
 * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2009 - 2010, Joel Larson.
 * @link		http://thejoellarson.com/
 * @since		Version 1.0
 * @filesource
 */

// ------------------------------------------------------------------------

/**
 * Randomy
 *
 * Allows the random text to be generated based off the username.
 *
 * @package	Randomy
 * @subpackage	AwesomeClasses
 * @category	random
 * @author		Joel Larson
 * @link		
 */
class Randomy
{
	protected $name;
	protected $param;

	/**
	 * Randomy::Execute()
	 *
	 * Executes the script based on username.
	 *
	 * @access	static
	 * @param	string
	 * @return	object
	 */
	static function execute($name)
	{
		return new Randomy($name);
	}
	
	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
	
	/**
	 * Randomy()
	 *
	 * Initilizes the runtime function.
	 *
	 * @access	private
	 * @param	string
	 * @return	none
	 */
	private function __construct($name)
	{
		$this->_runtime($name);
	}
	
	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
	
	/**
	 * Randomy->_runtime()
	 *
	 * Runs the Randomy features.
	 *
	 * @access	private
	 * @param	string
	 * @return	none
	 */
	private function _runtime($user)
	{
		$this->name = $user;
		$i = 0;
		
		$loop = strlen($this->name)*100;
		
		while($i < $loop)
		{
			if(($i % 100) == 0)
				$this->param = $i/100;
			
			echo $this->_generate();
			
			if(strlen($this->name) == $this->param)
				break;
			
			$i++;
			usleep(10000);
		}
		
		echo "\n\nThe Winner is: {$this->name}!\n\n";
	}
	
	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------

	/**
	 * Randomy->_generate()
	 *
	 * Generates the random text and username parts.
	 *
	 * @access	private
	 * @return	string
	 */
	private function _generate()
	{
		$string = substr($this->name, 0, $this->param);
		$length = strlen($this->name);
		$chars = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ';
		$total = strlen($chars)-1;
		$length = $length - strlen($string);
		$p = 0;
		while($p < $length)
		{
			$string .= $chars[mt_rand(0, $total)];
			$p++;
		}
		return $string."\n";
	}
	
}
// END OF RANDOMY

# Random array of users.
$array = array(
	'CodedCaffeine',
	'AnotherUser',
	'YetAnotherUser'
);

# Pick a random position
$select = array_rand($array);

# Use this to generate from a username.
Randomy::execute($array[$select]);

/* END OF FILE */

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Nice. Don't forget you can also just run this in a php file without the hasbang at the top of the script