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wp_generate_password › WordPress Function
Since2.5.0
Deprecatedn/a
› wp_generate_password ( $length = 12, $special_chars = true, $extra_special_chars = false )
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Generates a random password drawn from the defined set of characters.
Uses wp_rand() to create passwords with far less predictability than similar native PHP functions likerand()
or mt_rand()
.Related Functions: wp_ajax_generate_password, wp_set_password, generate_random_password, wp_ajax_nopriv_generate_password, wp_generator
Source
function wp_generate_password( $length = 12, $special_chars = true, $extra_special_chars = false ) {
$chars = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789';
if ( $special_chars ) {
$chars .= '!@#$%^&*()';
}
if ( $extra_special_chars ) {
$chars .= '-_ []{}<>~`+=,.;:/?|';
}
$password = '';
for ( $i = 0; $i < $length; $i++ ) {
$password .= substr( $chars, wp_rand( 0, strlen( $chars ) - 1 ), 1 );
}
/**
* Filters the randomly-generated password.
*
* @since 3.0.0
* @since 5.3.0 Added the `$length`, `$special_chars`, and `$extra_special_chars` parameters.
*
* @param string $password The generated password.
* @param int $length The length of password to generate.
* @param bool $special_chars Whether to include standard special characters.
* @param bool $extra_special_chars Whether to include other special characters.
*/
return apply_filters( 'random_password', $password, $length, $special_chars, $extra_special_chars );
}
endif;
if ( ! function_exists( 'wp_rand' ) ) :
/**
* Generates a random non-negative number.
*
* @since 2.6.2
* @since 4.4.0 Uses PHP7 random_int() or the random_compat library if available.
* @since 6.1.0 Returns zero instead of a random number if both `$min` and `$max` are zero.
*
* @global string $rnd_value
*
* @param int $min Optional. Lower limit for the generated number.
* Accepts positive integers or zero. Defaults to 0.
* @param int $max Optional. Upper limit for the generated number.
* Accepts positive integers. Defaults to 4294967295.
* @return int A random non-negative number between min and max.
*/