$strCharsL = "0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"; srand(date("s")); for($i=0; $i<8; $i++) { $strNewPasswordL .= $strCharsL{rand(0,strlen($strCharsL))}; }