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ofadlaoui on 08/05/10

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From password string to stars (*)

/ Published in: PHP

This simple snipplr will convert an password string to an censored string by stars (*). Usage:\r\n$myPwdCensored=passToStars(\\"password\\");\r\necho $myPwdCensored;\r\nI made this in 5min Comment and FAV ! :-)\r\nMore PHP \"Snipplr\"s coming soon !

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<?php
function passToStars($password) {
	//Convert an password into stars (*) with PHP
	//Â© ofadlaoui @ Snipplr.com
	$password = strlen($password); //lenght of password
	$number = 0;
	$stars = ""; //empty string
	while ($number != $password) //While an number isn't the lenght of the password..
	{
		$stars += "*"; //.. PHP will add an star to the empty string.
		$number++; //If we don't excecute this, the page $stars will be unlimited.
	}
	return $stars;
}
// Usage:
$myPwdCensored=passToStars("password");
echo $myPwdCensored;
?>

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Posted By: Sverri on August 7, 2010

function passToStars($password) { return str_repeat('*', strlen($password)); }

Posted By: ofadlaoui on August 8, 2010

@Sverri Lol thanks, but you can submit an new snipplr, because now you're ruin my snippet..

Posted By: cigraphics on August 11, 2010

sorry for saying this but this is kinda stupid because you are turning on the guesses never ever do that on a production website.

if you want to censor pass just put **** stars not the lenght of the pass

Posted By: tekagami on October 16, 2012

needs to have line 10 changed to:

$stars .= "*"; //.. PHP will add an star to the empty string.

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