JUserHelper/genRandomPassword

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Description[edit]

Generate a random password

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Syntax[edit]

genRandomPassword($length=8)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$length	8	$length Length of the password to generate

Returns[edit]

string Random Password

Defined in[edit]

libraries/joomla/user/helper.php

Importing[edit]

jimport( 'joomla.user.helper' );

Source Body[edit]

function genRandomPassword($length = 8)
{
        $salt = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789";
        $len = strlen($salt);
        $makepass = '';

        $stat = @stat(__FILE__);
        if(empty($stat) || !is_array($stat)) $stat = array(php_uname());

        mt_srand(crc32(microtime() . implode('|', $stat)));

        for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i ++) {
                $makepass .= $salt[mt_rand(0, $len -1)];
        }

        return $makepass;
}

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Examples[edit]

Code Examples[edit]

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