/**
* Generates a random password drawn from the defined set of characters
*
* @since nxt 2.5
*
* @param int $length The length of password to generate
* @param bool $special_chars Whether to include standard special characters
* @return string The random password
*/
function generate_password($length = 12, $special_chars = true)
{
$chars = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789';
if ($special_chars) {
$chars .= '!@#$%^&*()';
}
$password = '';
for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++) {
$password .= substr($chars, nxt_Pass::rand(0, strlen($chars) - 1), 1);
}
return $password;
}
