/**
* Generates a random password and ecodes it
* @param UserInterface $user
* @return string
*/
public function setRandomPassword(UserInterface $user)
{
$alphabet = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890';
$pass = array();
//remember to declare $pass as an array
$alphaLength = strlen($alphabet) - 1;
//put the length -1 in cache
for ($i = 0; $i < 8; $i++) {
$n = rand(0, $alphaLength);
$pass[] = $alphabet[$n];
}
$password = implode($pass);
//turn the array into a string
$user->setPlainPassword($password);
$this->encodePassword($user);
return $password;
}
