How To Generate (Somewhat) Secure Passwords in PHP?
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Solution
- Generate a lowercase letter, uppercase letter, punctuation symbol and number, so you now have 4 characters.
- Generate 4-10 random characters from the entire set of above.
- Shuffle the resulting string. In PHP you can use `str_shuffle`.
However, it should be noted that if you're generating random characters, forcing every password to have at least one number/punctuation etc is not really any more secure. In fact, you could say it's less secure since it actually limits your password choices.
Problem
I'm trying to come up with a function that can generate random passwords, that must meet the following requirements: - Between 8 & 14 characters - Contain a least one of the following: lowercase letter, uppercase letter, punctuation, and number what would be the best way about going about this, such that the function can generate every possible password that meets said requirements?