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PHP – Generate a random password based on length

September 15, 2008 No Comments

Here’s a quick function to generate a password. All you have to do is call it passing the length of your required password as an argument.

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<?php
function generatePassword($intNumOfChars) {  
    if (is_numeric($intNumOfChars) && ($intNumOfChars > 0)) {
    $strChars = "0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ_";
    for ($i = 0; $i < $intNumOfChars; $i ++)  {
        $strPassword .= $strChars[rand(0, strlen($strChars)-1)];
     }
    }
    return $strPassword;
}
?>
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