chriskacerguis/randomstring

This package is abandoned and no longer maintained. No replacement package was suggested.

simple class to generate a random string (good for random generated passwords)

1.0.0 2014-07-09 12:21 UTC

Requires

• php: >=5.4.0

Requires (Dev)

• phpunit/phpunit: 3.7.14

MIT

• Chris Kacerguis

• password
• random
• Randomstring
• chriskacerguis

README

A simple library for creating a random string

Requirments

• PHP 5.4+

Usage

$random = new \chriskacerguis\Randomstring\Randomstring();

/*
Generate a random string of 8 charecters, using alpha numerics.
Result = string(8) "ab86d144"
*/
$str = $random->generate(8);

/*
Generate a random string of 15 charecters, using alpha numerics and special charecters
Result = string(15) "vT-`h9tG1Mt.Sj&"
*/
$str = $random->generate(15, true);

/*
Generate a random string of 13 charecters using alpha numerics, and wrap result with strtoupper()
Result = string(13) "LVFUK0X01HVD0"
*/
$str = $random->generate(13, false, 'strtoupper');

Installation via Composer

• Install Composer to your project root:

  curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php

• Add a composer.json file to your project:

  {
    "require" {
      "chriskacerguis/randomstring": "1.0.*"
    }
  }

• Run the Composer installer:

  php composer.phar install

A Quick Note About Security

This library is built to be "enough" and fast for most applications (like generating an initial password, however for cryptographically secure applications, you should use the PHP method openssl_random_pseudo_bytes() or some other method that uses a cryptographically strong algorithm.