note 43110 deleted from function.rand by tomsommer

Note Submitter: seanvasey@icefusionmedia.com ---- Here is a quick and easy way to generate a random password. This was taught to me by a friend and I feel that it is a rather creative way to creat a random password with a mix of letters and numbers. <?php $rand = rand(1, 999999999); //random number 1-999999999 $md5string= md5($rand); //create md5 of random number $string = substr($md5hash, 0, 10); //cut the hash to 10 characters $newpass = $string; // 10 digit random password of numbers nad letters $md5_newpass = md5($newpass); //create md5 for updating user account in database. ?> As you can see, it md5 encrypts a random number in order to get a random combination of numbers and letters. The substr() function is then used to cut the md5 hash from 30 to 10 characters. This is a quick, easy, creative, and secure way to create a random password.