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fris on 08/16/08


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random password generator

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  1. <?
  2.  
  3. function random_password($max)
  4. {
  5. $val = '';
  6. $charset = "abcdefghijkmnpqrstuvwxyz0123456789";
  7. for ($i = 0; $i < $max; $i++)
  8. {
  9.    $val .= $charset[mt_rand(0, strlen($charset) - 1)];
  10. }
  11.  
  12. return $val;
  13. }
  14.  
  15. ?>

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Posted By: Scooter on August 16, 2008

It would be good to also add uppercase letters, and possibly also special characters, for a stronger password.

Additionally, you may wish to check the password that it contains at least one of each kind (upper, lower, number, special) before returning it.

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