title: Create Alphanumeric Range in PHP
body: <p>I tried using <a href="https://secure.php.net/manual/en/function.range.php" rel="nofollow noreferrer">range()</a> in this way:</p>
  
  <pre><code>echo '&lt;pre&gt;'. print_r(range('A1', 'A4'), 1) .'&lt;/pre&gt;';
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>to create this array:</p>
  
  <pre><code>A1
  A2
  A3
  A4
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But it actually returned:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Array
  (
      [0] =&gt; A
  )
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Reading the docs confirms this kind of use isn't the intended use.</p>
  
  <p>I could use this code to get my desired result:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$myRange = ['A1', 'A2', 'A3', 'A4'];
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But it feels inefficient, with 4, it's not so bad but the task becomes Herculian when it goes into triple digits. Is there something built-in to PHP that handles alphanumeric range generation?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks,</p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>