Passwords

A Simple Random Password Generation Function

Type:	code fragment
Added by:	funcent
Entered:	06/01/2005
Last modified:	01/12/2004
Rating:	- (fewer than 3 votes)
Views:	7215

A simple random password generation function which generates various length (up to 32 characters) of password with numerals and alphabets.

<?php
 function genPass($length = 8) //max length = 32 characters
 {

                             return substr(md5(uniqid(rand(), true)), 0, $length);

                            }
 ?>

Usage Example

<?php
 echo genPass(); //default length = 8 characters

                            
 echo "nn<br><br>nn";

                            

                            echo genPass(12); //length = 12 characters
 ?>

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