wee / randompassword
Random password generator
Requires
- php: ^8.0.0
Requires (Dev)
- phpunit/phpunit: ^10.0.0
- squizlabs/php_codesniffer: ^3.7.2
Suggests
- ext-mbstring: *
This package is auto-updated.
Last update: 2024-04-24 15:37:26 UTC
README
Requires PHP 8.0 or later
Description
string wee_randomPassword( [ int length [, string type [, mixed charsets ]]] )
The function was written to create strong passwords with a decent level of control over the final output. You can specify length and type of the password. It is also possible to create a custom password type.
To achieve control over the output character sets are used. From each set an equal amount of characters is selected. Also each character in a set has to be used, before it can be selected again. This ensures that all character types are used and repeating characters are kept to a minimum.
The function returns a UTF-8 encoded string. Characters for a custom type must be UTF-8 encoded.
Table: function parameters
| parameter | description |
|---|---|
| length | password length (default: 8) |
| type | password type (default: alphanumeric) |
| charsets | custom character sets (only for type "custom") |
Table: password types
| type | character sets |
|---|---|
| alphanumeric (default) | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 |
| reduced (=alphanumeric without 0oO9g1lI) | ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijkmnpqrstuvwxyz 2345678 |
| alphabetical | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz |
| ascii | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 `~!@#$%^&*()-_=+\⎮[]{};:'",.<>/?`` |
| latin1 | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝ àáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõöøùúûüýþÿ 0123456789 `~!@#$%^&*()-_=+\⎮[]{};:'",.<>/?`` |
| hexadecimal | 0123456789 abcdef |
| numeric | 0123456789 |
| custom | user defined (UTF-8 encoded) |
Although this function should create a strong password, there is no 100% guarantee. There is still a small chance that this function creates a password like: ABCabc123. To test the strength of a generated password, you can use for example cracklib.
Examples
require_once 'randompassword.php';
// Default behaviour (no parameters), e.g. 3pHJXd4l
$password1 = wee_randomPassword();
// Password with length 8 and type ascii, e.g. 7w$6aDR~
$password2 = wee_randomPassword(8, 'ascii');
// Password with length 6 and only lowercase letters, e.g. fkslhu
$password4 = wee_randomPassword(6, 'custom', 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz');
// Password with length 16 and only uppercase letters + numbers, e.g. 71H5N92GJK0I6E3A
$password5 = wee_randomPassword(16, 'custom', ['ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ', '0123456789']);
License
The package is released under the MIT License