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Revision: 62390
at February 20, 2013 21:25 by apphp-snippets


Initial Code
<?php
function GeneratePassword($length=8, $strength=0){
    $vowels = 'aeuy';
    $consonants = 'bdghjmnpqrstvz';
    if($strength >= 1) $consonants .= 'BDGHJLMNPQRSTVWXZ';
    if($strength >= 2) $vowels .= 'AEUY';
    if($strength >= 3) $consonants .= '12345';
    if($strength >= 4) $consonants .= '67890';
    if($strength >= 5) $vowels .= '@#$%';
 
    $password = '';
    $alt = time() % 2;
    for($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++){
        if($alt == 1){
            $password .= $consonants[(rand() % strlen($consonants))];
            $alt = 0;
        }else{
            $password .= $vowels[(rand() % strlen($vowels))];
            $alt = 1;
        }
    }
    return $password;
}
?>

Initial URL
http://www.apphp.com/index.php?snippet=php-generate-a-password

Initial Description
Sometimes you need to generate passwords for customers automatically when a new account is created. This code allows you choose the desired length and strength for the password and it is very flexible.

Initial Title
Automatic Password Generation in PHP

Initial Tags
php

Initial Language
PHP