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+2  Q: 

Random avatar generator

Possible Duplicates:
Auto Generated Avatars on Stack Overflow
what is the algorithm used to generate those little gravatar identicon images?

StackOverflow seems to have nice, randomly generated avatars for default users. How do I do that (preferably with PHP)?

+6  A: 

http://en.gravatar.com/

Joel Martinez  2010-04-12 18:52:51
It doesn't ask what they use, it's asking how *he* could create one.
George Stocker  2010-04-12 18:53:26
And an excellent answer to that is to use gravatar :)
vfilby  2010-04-12 18:54:05
Thanks, lightning fast. Now I have to wait 12 minutes to accept your answer...:(
Jasie  2010-04-12 18:55:01
@Jasie :-)@George Stocker, The question was how stackoverflow did it, and how they can as well. The answer of gravatar answers both questions ;-)
Joel Martinez  2010-04-12 18:56:34
+2  A: 

Gravatar: http://en.gravatar.com/

Here is a link to their reference php implementation: http://en.gravatar.com/site/implement/php

vfilby  2010-04-12 18:53:11

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