Re: Regular Expression Help: genreate alphanumeric, 8 chars

Shaun wrote:

Hi, I need to generate a lowercase alphanumeric passwrord thats 8 characters long, has anyone got a function that can do this?

No, but I can write a quick one for you. Can't guarantee the uniqueness of the password being generated. function passgen() { srand((float) microtime() * 10000000); //Source arrays $letters = range('a','z'); $digits = range(1,9); //Get random items from arrays $char = array_rand($letters, 4); $num = array_rand($digits, 4); //Combine the two random items into one array for ($i = 0; $i <4; ++$i) {

     $ran_char[] = $letters[$char[$i]];
     $ran_num[]  = $digits[$num[$i]];

} //build our password $password = array_unique(array_merge($ran_char, $ran_num)); //randomize it shuffle($password); return join("",$password); } echo passgen(); ?> -- Burhan Khalid phplist[at]meidomus[dot]com http://www.meidomus.com ----------------------- "Documentation is like sex: when it is good, it is very, very good; and when it is bad, it is better than nothing."