Crack functions
Crack
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These functions allow you to use the CrackLib library to test the
'strength' of a password. The 'strength' of a password is tested by that
checks length, use of upper and lower case and checked against the
specified CrackLib dictionary. CrackLib will also give helpful diagnostic
messages that will help 'strengthen' the password.
This extension has been removed from PHP as of
PHP 5.0 and moved to the PECL
repository.
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More information regarding CrackLib along with the library can be found at
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This example shows how to open a CrackLib dictionary, test a given
password, retrieve any diagnostic messages, and close the dictionary.
CrackLib example
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If crack_check returns &true;,
crack_getlastmessage will return 'strong password'.
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