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<pre><code id="code-108758">&lt;?php 
$pass = &quot;&quot;;
$Characters = &quot;abcGTH123_%&amp;$&quot;;
srand((double)microtime()*1000000);
$i = 0;
while ($i &lt;= 8) {
	$num = rand() % strlen($Characters);
	$tmp = substr($Characters, $num, 1);
	$pass = $pass . $tmp;
	$i++;
}
// see result
echo $pass;
?&gt;
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<?php 
$pass = "";
$Characters = "abcGTH123_%&$";
srand((double)microtime()*1000000);
$i = 0;
while ($i <= 8) {
	$num = rand() % strlen($Characters);
	$tmp = substr($Characters, $num, 1);
	$pass = $pass . $tmp;
	$i++;
}
// see result
echo $pass;
?>


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Thanks to everyone - All were good examples
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Thanks to everyone - All were good examples

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I want to be able to create a password using given characters and length. <br />
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i.e.<br />
$Characters = &quot;abcGTH123_%&amp;$&quot;;<br />
$Length = 8;<br />
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PHP code to do it<br />
<br />
Any ideas?
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I want to be able to create a password using given characters and length. 

i.e.
$Characters = "abcGTH123_%&$";
$Length = 8;

PHP code to do it

Any ideas?

Create a temporary password using given characters

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