I have to make a password generator, but i have a little problem.
- It needs to generate password 8 characters long, and including 1 or 2 special characters(like #$%&*@).
- Those special characters can never appear as the first or last character in the string... anywhere between is fine.
I have a password generator script now that does the first thing... but the special character can be in front or back of the string wich it shouldnt.. i have been looking on the web for this but i havent found the answer. Below is my scripts so far..
Any help is appreciated, thanks for your time,
Best regards,
Davy Obdam
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<?php
// A function to generate random alphanumeric passwords in PHP
// It expects to be passed a desired password length, but it
// none is passed the default is set to 8 (you can change this)
function generate_password($length = 8) {// This variable contains the list of allowable characters
// for the password. Note that the number 0 and the letter
// 'O' have been removed to avoid confusion between the two.
// The same is true of 'I' and 1
$allowable_characters = "abcdefghefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789%#*&";
// We see how many characters are in the allowable list
$ps_len = strlen($allowable_characters);
// Seed the random number generator with the microtime stamp // (current UNIX timestamp, but in microseconds) mt_srand((double)microtime()*1000000);
// Declare the password as a blank string. $pass = "";
// Loop the number of times specified by $length
for($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++) {
// Each iteration, pick a random character from the
// allowable string and append it to the password.
$pass .= $allowable_characters[mt_rand(0,$ps_len-1)];
}
// Retun the password we've selected return $pass; }
$password = generate_password(); echo $password;
?>
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