function user_password

Same name in other branches
  1. 7.x modules/user/user.module \user_password()
  2. 9 core/modules/user/user.module \user_password()

Generate a random alphanumeric password.

Parameters

int $length: The desired password length, in characters.

Return value

string The generated random password.

8 calls to user_password()
DbLogTest::doUser in core/modules/dblog/tests/src/Functional/DbLogTest.php
Generates and then verifies some user events.
EntityReferenceSelectionAccessTest::testUserHandler in core/modules/system/tests/src/Functional/Entity/EntityReferenceSelection/EntityReferenceSelectionAccessTest.php
Test the user-specific overrides of the entity handler.
RegisterForm::submitForm in core/modules/user/src/RegisterForm.php
This is the default entity object builder function. It is called before any other submit handler to build the new entity object to be used by the following submit handlers. At this point of the form workflow the entity is validated and the form state…
UserCreationTrait::createUser in core/modules/user/tests/src/Traits/UserCreationTrait.php
Create a user with a given set of permissions.
UserPasswordResetTest::testUserPasswordReset in core/modules/user/tests/src/Functional/UserPasswordResetTest.php
Tests password reset functionality.

... See full list

File

core/modules/user/user.module, line 321

Code

function user_password($length = 10) {
    // This variable contains the list of allowed characters for the password.
    // Note that the number 0 and the letter 'O' have been removed to avoid
    // confusion between the two. The same is true of 'I', 1, and 'l'.
    $allowed_characters = 'abcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZ23456789';
    // The maximum integer we want from random_int().
    $max = strlen($allowed_characters) - 1;
    $pass = '';
    for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++) {
        $pass .= $allowed_characters[random_int(0, $max)];
    }
    return $pass;
}

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