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// This function generates a random password
function generatePassword($length = 16)
{
    // Define the characters that can be used in the random string
    $characters = '0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ!@#$%^*()_+{}|:?-=[]\;,./';
    $lowercase = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz';
    $uppercase = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ';
    $special = '!@#$%^*()_+{}|:?-=[]\;,./';

    // Define the length of the characters
    $charactersLength = mb_strlen($characters);

    // Define the random string
    $randomString = '';

    // Loop through the length of the string
    for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++) {

        // Append a random character from the characters string to the random string
        // random_int is cryptographically secure!!
        $randomString .= $characters[random_int(0, $charactersLength - 1)];
    }

    // Now before we return the random string (password), we must check that it actually contains at least one number (0-9),
    // one uppercase letter (A-Z), one lowercase letter (a-z) and one special character (!@#$%^*()_+{}|:?-=[]\;,./)
    // otherwise just add one of each to the end of the string
    if (!preg_match('/[0-9]/', $randomString)) {
        $randomString .= random_int(0, 9);
    }
    if (!preg_match('/[A-Z]/', $randomString)) {
        $randomString .= $lowercase[random_int(0, mb_strlen($lowercase) - 1)];
    }
    if (!preg_match('/[a-z]/', $randomString)) {
        $randomString .= $uppercase[random_int(0, mb_strlen($uppercase) - 1)];
    }
    if (!preg_match('/[!@#\$%\^*()_+\{\}\|\:\?\-\=\[\]\\\\;\,\.\-\/]/', $randomString)) {
        $randomString .= $special[random_int(0, mb_strlen($special) - 1)];
    }

    // Now, return the random string
    return $randomString;
}

// Function that validates empty, min and max length of a string
// that is specifically of the type password using the reference to
// an error variable that will be set if the validation fails.
function validatePassword($input, &$errorReference, $minLength, $maxLength, $fieldName, &$allOK)
{
    // Check if the input is empty
    if (empty($input)) {
        $errorReference = "$fieldName is required!";
        $allOK = false;
    }  // Check if the input is too short
    else if (mb_strlen($input) < $minLength) {
        $errorReference = "$fieldName is too short! Must be at least $minLength characters!";
        $allOK = false;
    }  // Check if the input is too long
    else if (mb_strlen($input) > $maxLength) {
        $errorReference = "$fieldName is too long! Must be at most $maxLength characters!";
        $allOK = false;
    }  // Check if the input contains at least one uppercase letter
    else if (!preg_match("/[A-Z]/", $input)) {
        $errorReference = "$fieldName must contain at least one uppercase letter! (A-Z)";
        $allOK = false;
    }  // Check if the input contains at least one lowercase letter
    else if (!preg_match("/[a-z]/", $input)) {
        $errorReference = "$fieldName must contain at least one lowercase letter! (a-z)";
        $allOK = false;
    }  // Check if the input contains at least one number
    else if (!preg_match("/[0-9]/", $input)) {
        $errorReference = "$fieldName must contain at least one number! (0-9)";
        $allOK = false;
    } // Check if the input contains at least one special character
    else if (!preg_match("/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/", $input)) {
        $errorReference = "$fieldName must contain at least one special character! (!@#$%^*()_+{}|:?-=[]\;,./)";
        $allOK = false;
    }
}