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Create a random password

Description

Nice little function that will generate a completely random password.

The code

<?php



/**

 * The letter l (lowercase L) and the number 1

 * have been removed, as they can be mistaken

 * for each other.

 */



function createRandomPassword() {



    $chars = "abcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz023456789";

    srand((double)microtime()*1000000);

    $i = 0;

    $pass = '' ;



    while ($i <= 7) {

        $num = rand() % 33;

        $tmp = substr($chars, $num, 1);

        $pass = $pass . $tmp;

        $i++;

    }



    return $pass;



}



// Usage

$password = createRandomPassword();

echo "Your random password is: $password";



?> 

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