Question

How to generate random password in PHP

Answer 1

$password = substr(md5(microtime().rand(1, 100000)), 0, 6);

echo $password;

 
 
 
/*
run:
 
9f7caf
 
*/

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Answer 2

function generateRandomPassword($slen = 8) {
    $chars = "0123456789-=+{}[]:;#~.?/,\!$%^*()abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
      
    $len = strlen($chars);
      
    $randomString = '';
    for ($i = 0; $i < $slen; $i++) {
        $randomString .= $chars[rand(0, $len - 1)];
    }
    
    return $randomString;
}
   
$s = generateRandomPassword(6) . "\n"; 
echo $s;
 
$s = generateRandomPassword(12) . "\n"; 
echo $s;
   
   
   
   
   
/*
run:

%OJZWw
Ka$O1XIPj[;z
   
*/

 

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