<?php
 function make_password($num_chars) {
    if ((is_numeric($num_chars)) &&
        ($num_chars > 0) &&
        (! is_null($num_chars))) {
        $password = ‘‘;
        $accepted_chars = ‘abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890‘;
        // Seed the generator if necessary.
        srand(((int)((double)microtime()*1000003)) );
        for ($i=0; $i<=$num_chars; $i++) {
            $random_number = rand(0, (strlen($accepted_chars) -1));
            $password .= $accepted_chars[$random_number] ;
        }
        return $password;
     }
}