Random Password Generator
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[h4]Random password helper[/h4]
This helper will help you get a random password, written by [url=http://www.twitter.com/bjornbjorn]bjornbjorn[/url].
[code] <?php if (!defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
if ( ! function_exists('get_random_password'))
{
/**
* Generate a random password.
*
* get_random_password() will return a random password with length 6-8 of lowercase letters only.
*
* @access public
* @param $chars_min the minimum length of password (optional, default 6)
* @param $chars_max the maximum length of password (optional, default 8)
* @param $use_upper_case boolean use upper case for letters, means stronger password (optional, default false)
* @param $include_numbers boolean include numbers, means stronger password (optional, default false)
* @param $include_special_chars include special characters, means stronger password (optional, default false)
*
* @return string containing a random password
*/
function get_random_password($chars_min=6, $chars_max=8, $use_upper_case=false, $include_numbers=false, $include_special_chars=false)
{
$length = rand($chars_min, $chars_max);
$selection = 'aeuoyibcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxz';
if($include_numbers) {
$selection .= "1234567890";
}
if($include_special_chars) {
$selection .= "!@"#$%&[]{}?|";
}
$password = "";
for($i=0; $i<$length; $i++) {
$current_letter = $use_upper_case ? (rand(0,1) ? strtoupper($selection[(rand() % strlen($selection))]) : $selection[(rand() % strlen($selection))]) : $selection[(rand() % strlen($selection))];
$password .= $current_letter;
}
return $password;
}
} [/code]