/**
* Updates the user password, this is only a smart reference
* @param $user
* @param $user_password
* @return unknown_type
* @throws AppKitException
* @author Marius Hein
*/
public function updateUserPassword(NsmUser &$user, $user_password)
{
AppKitRandomUtil::initRand();
$user->updatePassword($user_password);
$user->save();
return true;
}
/**
* Returns a simple id string based on letters and numbers
* @param unknown_type $length
* @param unknown_type $prefix
*/
public static function genSimpleId($length = 5, $prefix = "")
{
static $chars = null;
if ($chars === null) {
$chars = array_merge(range(48, 57, 1), range(65, 90, 1), range(97, 122, 1));
shuffle($chars);
// MIX THE CHARS
}
$o = null;
for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++) {
$o .= chr($chars[mt_rand(0, count($chars) - 1)]);
}
return $prefix . $o;
}
/**
* Generate a unique continuous html id string
* @param unknown_type $prefix
*/
public static function htmlId($prefix = 'appkit-htmlid')
{
return sprintf('%s-%04d', $prefix, ++self::$htmlid_counter);
}
}
// Lazy initialising
AppKitRandomUtil::initRand();