Random Password Generator [PHP]

[ZionHD]

This is a PHP Version of a Random Password Generator. This will generate random passwords for you. You can change the length, to allow special chars, caps, no caps, and numbers. This has more chars for it to choose from which I forgot to add to the C++ version of it, but oh well.

<?php
/*
* General purpose of this program is to generate a password for you.
* PHP Version
* Created by ZionHD
* Copyright (c) 2015 Console-Forums
*/

function genChar($numbers, $specials, $caps, $chars) // This will randomly select a character from array
{
    $number = array ( "0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9");
    $special = array( "!", "@", "#", "$", "%", "^", "&", "*", "\"", ">", "<", "(", ")", "-", "_",  "+", "=", "{", "}", "[", "]", "\\", "|", ":", ";", "'", ",", ".", "?", "/", "~", "`");
    $capsChar = array("A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G", "H", "I", "J", "K", "L", "M", "N", "O", "P", "Q", "R", "S", "T", "U", "V", "W", "X", "Y", "Z");
    $char = array("a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h", "i", "j", "k", "l", "m", "n", "o", "p", "q", "r", "s", "t", "u", "v", "w", "x", "y", "z");
   
    // If any of the variables are false it will  add it to an
    // array
    if (!$numbers) $ignore[] = 0;
    if (!$specials) $ignore[] = 1;
    if (!$caps) $ignore[] = 2;
    if (!$chars) $ignore[] = 3;
   
    $ch = NULL; // Character to return
   
    // Keep trying to select a char, capChar, special, or number until one which has not been ignored this will stop.
    while (1)
    {
        $type = rand(0, 3); // Randomly select 0 - 3
       
        if (!in_array($type, $ignore))
        {
            if ($type == 0)
            {
                $len = count($number) - 1;
                $ran = rand(0, $len);
                $ch = $number[$ran];
                break;
            }
            else if ($type == 1)
            {
                $len = count($special) - 1;
                $ran = rand(0, $len);
                $ch = $special[$ran];
                break;
            }
            else if ($type == 2)
            {
                $len = count($capsChar) - 1;
                $ran = rand(0, $len);
                $ch = $capsChar[$ran];
                break;
            }
            else if ($type == 3)
            {
                $len = count($char) - 1;
                $ran = rand(0, $len);
                $ch = $char[$ran];
                break;
            }
        }
    }
   
    return $ch;
}

$allowNumbers = TRUE;
$allowSpecials = TRUE;
$allowCaps = TRUE;
$allowChars = TRUE;

$passLength = 15; // I recommend having a 15+ character password since it is harder to guess

$inc = 0;

$pass = "";

while ($inc != $passLength)
{
    $ch = genChar($allowNumbers, $allowSpecials, $allowCaps, $allowChars);
    if ($ch !== NULL)
    {
        $pass .= "{$ch}";
        $inc++;
    }
}

$pass = htmlspecialchars($pass); // Sanitize before displaying

printf("Password Generated: <br />%s", $pass);
?>

 

[Marcus-swifty]

and whats the point lol? to hard to make your own password? xD

 

[ZionHD]

and whats the point lol? to hard to make your own password? xD

The point to this is to make your password harder to crack, bruteforce, and less likely to get guessed.