PHP Random Password Generator

27 July 2011 by Rick ~ 8 Comments 5012 views

PHP

How to create a random password generator with PHP

I found this cool snippet and I wanted to share it with you.

The code basically uses predefined characters to create a string.

You can set the length and the strength.

<?php

function generatePassword($length=9, $strength=0) {
$vowels = 'aeuy';
$consonants = 'bdghjmnpqrstvz';
if ($strength & 1) {
$consonants .= 'BDGHJLMNPQRSTVWXZ';
}
if ($strength & 2) {
$vowels .= "AEUY";
}
if ($strength & 4) {
$consonants .= '23456789';
}
if ($strength & 8) {
$consonants .= '@#$%';
}

$password = '';
$alt = time() % 2;
for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++) {
if ($alt == 1) {
$password .= $consonants[(rand() % strlen($consonants))];
$alt = 0;
} else {
$password .= $vowels[(rand() % strlen($vowels))];
$alt = 1;
}
}
return $password;
}

?>

Now you just need to call the function wherever you want.

Your new password is <?=generatePassword(9,8)?>

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8 Comments

Nicole
August 12, 2011
21:16

Hey

I am looking at the categories on the right. Do you also write about a forum creation?

thanks
Nicole

quicoto
August 12, 2011
21:20

Hmm not exacly.

What do you need?

(almost stable) WordPress Forum Plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress/

SMF: great forum – http://www.simplemachines.org/

phpBB: Also a good forum. The admin area is a little bit messy: http://www.phpbb.com/

Regards

Nicole
August 14, 2011
15:30

hey

I need a forum that I can easily customize and manage. that would be great from the SEO perspective.

I have installed phpBB, and updated it to the newest version, but it is confusing, as i have no idea where to begin, I would like to customize it, but see no manuals.

SMf looks simpler. Thank you for the link.
I would use it.

best
N.

quicoto
August 14, 2011
21:28

Never did it on phpBB or SMF but shouldn’t be hard. Look for the template folder and happy coding

Good luck

Nicole
August 14, 2011
15:34

I have one more question.

I see in the SEO Quake panel the date when you website was created. It is showed by “Webarchive age”. Did you do anything so they have your website archived?
i have a few websites, but none of them has this feature structured.