}
return $returnString;
}
function getRandomSymbols($intNumOfSymbols = 1)
{
$returnString = "";
//--setup symbol array
$symbolArray = array('*', '+', '=', '%', '@', '#');
//setup for symbol string
for ($x = 1; $x <= $intNumOfSymbols; $x++) {
$randomKey = array_rand($symbolArray, 1);
shuffle($symbolArray);
$returnString = $returnString . $symbolArray[$randomKey];
}
return $returnString;
}
function getRandomNumbers($intNumOfNumbers = 1)
{
$returnString = "";
//--setup number array
$numberArray = array('1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '0');
//setup for symbol string
for ($x = 1; $x <= $intNumOfNumbers; $x++) {
$randomKey = array_rand($numberArray, 1);
shuffle($numberArray);
$returnString = $returnString . $numberArray[$randomKey];
}
return $returnString;
}
$password = getRandomWordString(6) . getRandomSymbols(6) . getRandomNumbers(8);
<input type='number' name='intWords' min="1" max="10"> How many words do you want (e.g., 1 to 10)?<br>
<input type='number' name='intSpecialCharacters' min="1" max="10"> How many Special Characters do you want (e.g., 1 to 10)?<br>
<input type='number' name='intNumbers' min="1" max="10"> How many Numbers do you want (e.g., 1 to 10)?<br>
<input type='number' name='intTotalCharacters' min="1" max="50"> How many Total Characters do you want (e.g., 1 to 50)?<br>
<br />
<input type='submit' value='Generate'><br>
</form>
<hr />
<!-- These programming hooks are for debugging -->
<?php
echo "<div id='hideblock'>";
//echo "This is the value passed: " . $_POST['intWords']; echo "<br>";
//echo "This is the value passed: " . $_POST['intSpecialCharacters']; echo "<br>";
//echo "This is the value passed: " . $_POST['intNumbers']; echo "<br>";
//echo "Trim your password to how many characters: " . $_POST['intTotalCharacters']; echo "<br>";
$newPassword = getRandomWordString(!empty($_POST['intWords']) ? $_POST['intWords'] : 1) . getRandomSymbols(!empty($_POST['intSpecialCharacters']) ? $_POST['intSpecialCharacters'] : 1) . getRandomNumbers(!empty($_POST['intNumbers']) ? $_POST['intNumbers'] : 1);
echo "<h3 class='pass'>The Password is: " . $newPassword . "</h3>";
echo "<h3 class='pass'>A Trimmed Version of the Password is: " . substr($newPassword, 0, !empty($_POST['intTotalCharacters']) ? $_POST['intTotalCharacters'] : 12) . "</h3>";
echo "</div>";
?>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
