Вы можете использовать эту функцию:
function Base($number, $input, $output, $charset = '0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ')
{
if (strlen($charset) >= 2)
{
$input = max(2, min(intval($input), strlen($charset)));
$output = max(2, min(intval($output), strlen($charset)));
$number = ltrim(preg_replace('~[^' . preg_quote(substr($charset, 0, max($input, $output)), '~') . ']+~', '', $number), $charset[0]);
if (strlen($number) > 0)
{
if ($input != 10)
{
$result = 0;
foreach (str_split(strrev($number)) as $key => $value)
{
$result += pow($input, $key) * intval(strpos($charset, $value));
}
$number = $result;
}
if ($output != 10)
{
$result = $charset[$number % $output];
while (($number = intval($number / $output)) > 0)
{
$result = $charset[$number % $output] . $result;
}
$number = $result;
}
return $number;
}
return $charset[0];
}
return false;
}
Пример использования ( @ IDEOne.com ):
$i = -1;
$string = '';
$charset = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789';
while (strlen($string) <= 6)
{
echo $string = str_pad(Base(++$i, 10, 62, $charset), 6, 'a', STR_PAD_LEFT);
}