<?php
/**
* This function generates a password salt as a string of x (default = 15) characters
* in the a-zA-Z0-9!@#$%&*? range.
* @param $max integer The number of characters in the string
* @return string
* @author AfroSoft <info@afrosoft.tk>
*/
function generateSalt($max = 15) {
$characterList = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789!@#$%&*?";
$i = 0;
$salt = "";
while ($i < $max) {
$salt .= $characterList{mt_rand(0, (strlen($characterList) - 1))};
$i++;
}
return $salt;
}
?>
Diff to Previous Revision
--- revision 5 2012-04-30 21:42:03
+++ revision 6 2012-07-10 19:52:17
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
$characterList = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789!@#$%&*?";
$i = 0;
$salt = "";
- while ($i < $length) {
+ while ($i < $max) {
$salt .= $characterList{mt_rand(0, (strlen($characterList) - 1))};
$i++;
}
