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Strong Password Generator
<?php
/**
* Code Snippet for Strong Password Generation
*
* @param int $length
* @param bool|false $add_dashes
* @param string $available_sets
* @return string
*/
function generateStrongPassword($length = 9, $add_dashes = false, $available_sets = 'luds')
{
$sets = array();
if(strpos($available_sets, 'l') !== false)
$sets[] = 'abcdefghjkmnpqrstuvwxyz';
if(strpos($available_sets, 'u') !== false)
$sets[] = 'ABCDEFGHJKMNPQRSTUVWXYZ';
if(strpos($available_sets, 'd') !== false)
$sets[] = '23456789';
if(strpos($available_sets, 's') !== false)
$sets[] = '!@#$%&*?';
$all = '';
$password = '';
foreach($sets as $set)
{
$password .= $set[array_rand(str_split($set))];
$all .= $set;
}
$all = str_split($all);
for($i = 0; $i < $length - count($sets); $i++)
$password .= $all[array_rand($all)];
$password = str_shuffle($password);
if(!$add_dashes)
return $password;
$dash_len = floor(sqrt($length));
$dash_str = '';
while(strlen($password) > $dash_len)
{
$dash_str .= substr($password, 0, $dash_len) . '-';
$password = substr($password, $dash_len);
}
$dash_str .= $password;
return $dash_str;
}
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