manuelramireztech · August 29, 2015 14:12 · Apr 9, 2013
diff --git a/ci-encryption-key-generator.php b/ci-encryption-key-generator.php
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+<?php
+
+	/**
+	 * Generate an encryption key for CodeIgniter.
+	 * http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/libraries/encryption.html
+	 */
+
+	// http://www.itnewb.com/v/Generating-Session-IDs-and-Random-Passwords-with-PHP
+	function generate_token ($len = 32)
+	{
+
+		// Array of potential characters, shuffled.
+		$chars = array(
+			'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 
+			'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z',
+			'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G', 'H', 'I', 'J', 'K', 'L', 'M', 
+			'N', 'O', 'P', 'Q', 'R', 'S', 'T', 'U', 'V', 'W', 'X', 'Y', 'Z',
+			'0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9'
+		);
+		shuffle($chars);
+
+		$num_chars = count($chars) - 1;
+		$token = '';
+
+		// Create random token at the specified length.
+		for ($i = 0; $i < $len; $i++)
+		{
+			$token .= $chars[mt_rand(0, $num_chars)];
+		}
+
+		return $token;
+
+	}
+?><!DOCTYPE html>
+
+<html lang="en-us" dir="ltr">
+
+<head>
+
+	<meta charset="utf-8">
+
+	<title>CodeIgniter encryption key generator</title>
+	<meta name="description" content="Generates a random, 32 character string to be used by CodeIgniter&#8217;s encryption class.">
+
+</head>
+
+<body>
+
+	<pre><code><?php echo '$config[\'encryption_key\'] = \'' . generate_token(32) . '\';'; ?></code></pre>
+
+</body>
+
+</html>