generate-password.php

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<?

function generate_password($length){
     // A List of vowels and vowel sounds that we can insert in
     // the password string
     $vowels = array("a",  "e",  "i",  "o",  "u",  "ae",  "ou",  "io",  
                     "ea",  "ou",  "ia",  "ai"); 
     // A List of Consonants and Consonant sounds that we can insert
     // into the password string
     $consonants = array("b",  "c",  "d",  "g",  "h",  "j",  "k",  "l",  "m",
                         "n",  "p",  "r",  "s",  "t",  "u",  "v",  "w",  
                         "tr",  "cr",  "fr",  "dr",  "wr",  "pr",  "th",
                         "ch",  "ph",  "st",  "sl",  "cl");
     // For the call to rand(), saves a call to the count() function
     // on each iteration of the for loop
     $vowel_count = count($vowels);
     $consonant_count = count($consonants);
     // From $i .. $length, fill the string with alternating consonant
     // vowel pairs.
     for ($i = 0; $i < $length; ++$i) {
         $pass .= $consonants[rand(0,  $consonant_count - 1)] .
                  $vowels[rand(0,  $vowel_count - 1)];
     }
     
     // Since some of our consonants and vowels are more than one
     // character, our string can be longer than $length, use substr()
     // to truncate the string
     return substr($pass,  0,  $length);
 
}
echo generate_password(6);
?>