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PHP random password generator - contains at least one lower case letter, one upper case letter, one number and one special character,
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//generates a random password of length minimum 8 | |
//contains at least one lower case letter, one upper case letter, | |
// one number and one special character, | |
//not including ambiguous characters like iIl|1 0oO | |
function randomPassword($len = 8) { | |
//enforce min length 8 | |
if($len < 8) | |
$len = 8; | |
//define character libraries - remove ambiguous characters like iIl|1 0oO | |
$sets = array(); | |
$sets[] = 'ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZ'; | |
$sets[] = 'abcdefghjkmnpqrstuvwxyz'; | |
$sets[] = '23456789'; | |
$sets[] = '~!@#$%^&*(){}[],./?'; | |
$password = ''; | |
//append a character from each set - gets first 4 characters | |
foreach ($sets as $set) { | |
$password .= $set[array_rand(str_split($set))]; | |
} | |
//use all characters to fill up to $len | |
while(strlen($password) < $len) { | |
//get a random set | |
$randomSet = $sets[array_rand($sets)]; | |
//add a random char from the random set | |
$password .= $randomSet[array_rand(str_split($randomSet))]; | |
} | |
//shuffle the password string before returning! | |
return str_shuffle($password); | |
} |
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