// set password length $pw_length = 8; // set ASCII range for random character generation $low_ascii_bound = 50; // "2" $upper_ascii_bound = 122; // "z"
// Exclude special characters and some confusing alphanumerics // o,O,0,I,1,l etc $notuse = array (58,59,60,61,62,63,64,73,79,91,92,93,94,95,96,108,111);
while ($i < $pw_length) { mt_srand ((double)microtime() * 1000000); // random limits within ASCII table $randnum = mt_rand ($low_ascii_bound, $top_ascii_bound); if (!in_array ($randnum, $notuse)) { $password = $password . chr($randnum); $i++; } }