Re: User Passwords: checking for unique chars

Wow - good job! That nailed it and in one neat line too! Thanks very much Richard and thanks also to Mike for his help too. I'm really liking these php lists! On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 09:41:00 -0800 (PST), Richard Lynch <ceo@l-i-e.com> wrote: > Alex Gemmell wrote: > > I'm checking user chosen passwords for validity and have created 7 > > tests. It's not 100% bulletproof but it will do for now. My problem > > is with the last check "have 6 unique characters". I'm at a loss at > > how to check for this in a neat one-liner. > > if (count(count_chars($password, 1)) < 6) return false; > > http://php.net/count_chars > > No regex at all :-) > > -- > Like Music? > http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm > > -- Alex Gemmell |:| agemmell@gmail.com |:|