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Random Password Generation

A function to generate a random password given the length

Submitted By: Moonbat
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Language: PHP
Last Modified: August 25, 2008

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  1. <?php
  2. /****************************
  3. * Random Password Generator *
  4. *   Written by Moonbat      *
  5. *     August 25, 2008       *
  6. ****************************/
  7. function GeneratePassword($length) {
  8.         $password = '';
  9.         $string = "A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ! @ # $ % ^ & * ~";
  10.         $chars = explode(" ", $string);
  11.         for ($i=0;$i<=$length;$i++) {
  12.                 $random = rand(0, count($chars));
  13.                 $password .= $chars[$random];
  14.         }
  15.         return $password;
  16. }
  17. ?>

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Dark_Nexus 2008-08-27 09:12:59

Take note that this is by no means cryptographically sound and should not be used to generate passwords being used on security-critical systems.

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