note 33156 deleted from function.rand by aidan

Note Submitter: admin at gwdn dot com ---- Viewing the comments and the random password scripts listed i figured i'd show my simple but effective password generator. function ranpass($len = "8"){ $pass = NULL; for($i=0; $i<$len; $i++) { $char = chr(rand(48,122)); while (!ereg("[a-zA-Z0-9]", $char)){ if($char == $lchar) continue; $char = chr(rand(48,90)); } $pass .= $char; $lchar = $char; } return $pass; } usage: $password = ranpass(); // Will generate a 8 charater password $password = ranpass(6); // Will generate a 6 character password The password will not repeat two characters in a row. For example you wont recieve like kEg64AA but you might recieve kEg64Aa. I tested up to 9999 characters and it went fast even with a number that big.