Very, very simple random password generator, without using rand() function:

<?php
function random_password($chars = 8) {
   $letters = 'abcefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890';
   return substr(str_shuffle($letters), 0, $chars);
}
?>