How to generate random password with PHP?

Question

Or is there a software to auto generate random passwords?

Answer 1

use hackzilla/password-generator

it has many options to create different kind of passwords:

• ComputerPasswordGenerator()
• HybridPasswordGenerator() -> sjgX-PFjH-zxMz-PRDz-G6mx-wMJ4-ST24
• HumanPasswordGenerator() -> Verkuemmerungen-verlottertet-dreinzuschauen (word list based. in this case a german word list)
• RequirementPasswordGenerator()

ComputerPasswordGenerator

$generator
  ->setOptionValue(ComputerPasswordGenerator::OPTION_UPPER_CASE, true)
  ->setOptionValue(ComputerPasswordGenerator::OPTION_LOWER_CASE, true)
  ->setOptionValue(ComputerPasswordGenerator::OPTION_NUMBERS, true)
  ->setOptionValue(ComputerPasswordGenerator::OPTION_SYMBOLS, false)
;

$password = $generator->generatePassword();

RequirementPasswordGenerator

$generator
  ->setLength(16)
  ->setOptionValue(RequirementPasswordGenerator::OPTION_UPPER_CASE, true)
  ->setOptionValue(RequirementPasswordGenerator::OPTION_LOWER_CASE, true)
  ->setOptionValue(RequirementPasswordGenerator::OPTION_NUMBERS, true)
  ->setOptionValue(RequirementPasswordGenerator::OPTION_SYMBOLS, true)
  ->setMinimumCount(RequirementPasswordGenerator::OPTION_UPPER_CASE, 2)
  ->setMinimumCount(RequirementPasswordGenerator::OPTION_LOWER_CASE, 2)
  ->setMinimumCount(RequirementPasswordGenerator::OPTION_NUMBERS, 2)
  ->setMinimumCount(RequirementPasswordGenerator::OPTION_SYMBOLS, 2)
  ->setMaximumCount(RequirementPasswordGenerator::OPTION_UPPER_CASE, 8)
  ->setMaximumCount(RequirementPasswordGenerator::OPTION_LOWER_CASE, 8)
  ->setMaximumCount(RequirementPasswordGenerator::OPTION_NUMBERS, 8)
  ->setMaximumCount(RequirementPasswordGenerator::OPTION_SYMBOLS, 8)
;

$password = $generator->generatePassword();