Hi
i am using a pear addition Text_Password
$pass = Text_Password::create($length = 8, $type = 'unpronounceable',$chars
= '');
problem is $pass contains some chars that are not A-Za-z 0-9, i have seen
underscores & accented chars returned.
is there a better way to generate an 8 char password for users?. I will be
using crypt to put in mysql database.
Mark
Full Version: password generation
function createpass($chars) {
$array ("","0","1" etc.....
while ($i != ($chars+1)) {
$pass .= rand(1,36);
$i++;
return $pass;
}
}
then use it like this:
createpass([length chars]);
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bebbet
$array ("","0","1" etc.....
while ($i != ($chars+1)) {
$pass .= rand(1,36);
$i++;
return $pass;
}
}
then use it like this:
createpass([length chars]);
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| function createpass($chars) { $array ("","0","1" etc..... while ($i != ($chars+1)) { $pass .= rand(1,36); $i++; return $pass; } } then use it like this: createpass([length chars]); |
I was asked to write a random password generator that created up to 2000
memorable passwords. I used an array of syllables
www.ckdog.co.uk/dev/randpass.php
Of course you have to be a bit careful you don't use syllables that can
be combined in - ah - unfortunate combinations.
On the other hand you might, just for fun, deliberately do that. I'd
probably name such a file randpasrude dot php - if it existed. ;-)
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Grrr. It's been one of those days...
http://www.ckdog.co.uk/php/test/randpass.php
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| function createpass($chars) { $array ("","0","1" etc..... while ($i != ($chars+1)) { $pass .= rand(1,36); $i++; return $pass; } } then use it like this: createpass([length chars]); -- bebbet Hi |
a little buggy!
i added
$chrs = array("","A","B",
and fixed the while loop
while ($i != ($chars+1)) {
$pass .= $chrs[rand(1,36)];
$i++;
}
return $pass;
}
now works just fine.
Mark
"Mark D Smith" <[Email Removed]> wrote:
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| Hi i am using a pear addition Text_Password $pass = Text_Password::create($length = 8, $type = 'unpronounceable',$chars = ''); problem is $pass contains some chars that are not A-Za-z 0-9, i have seen underscores & accented chars returned. is there a better way to generate an 8 char password for users?. I will be using crypt to put in mysql database. Mark |
If the lengh is not a problem, I would translate the result from
Text_Password::create() like this base_convert(bin2hex($pass), 16, 36).
In this way you would obtain just characters in a-z 0-9, but the password
lenght would become 12 characters. As you already get an unpronunciable
password, for the user would not be bothering to have to remember 4
characters more.
I hope this will help you.
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