Closes #16: Administration: Reset password functionality on user admin screen

http://trac.elgg.org/elgg/ticket/16

git-svn-id: https://code.elgg.org/elgg/trunk@1150 36083f99-b078-4883-b0ff-0f9b5a30f544

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/engine/lib/users.php b/engine/lib/users.php
index d8fc53f79..554ada22b 100644
--- a/engine/lib/users.php
+++ b/engine/lib/users.php
@@ -813,6 +813,17 @@
 	}
 	
 	/**
+	 * Simple function that will generate a random clear text password suitable for feeding into generate_user_password().
+	 *
+	 * @see generate_user_password
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	function generate_random_cleartext_password()
+	{
+		return substr(md5(microtime()), 0, 8);
+	}
+	
+	/**
 	 * Generate a password for a user, currently uses MD5.
 	 * 
 	 * Later may introduce salting etc.