Symfony task in Qubit to reset user passwods

resetPasswordTask.class.php

<?php

/*
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class resetPasswordTask extends sfBaseTask
{
  protected function configure()
  {
    $this->addArguments(array(
      new sfCommandArgument('username', sfCommandArgument::REQUIRED, 'Username')
    ));

    $this->addOptions(array(
      new sfCommandOption('application', null, sfCommandOption::PARAMETER_OPTIONAL, 'The application name', true),
      new sfCommandOption('env', null, sfCommandOption::PARAMETER_REQUIRED, 'The environment', 'cli'),
      new sfCommandOption('connection', null, sfCommandOption::PARAMETER_REQUIRED, 'The connection name', 'propel')
    ));

    $this->namespace = 'tools';
    $this->name = 'reset-password';
    $this->briefDescription = 'Generates a new password for a given username';
    $this->detailedDescription = <<<EOF
FIXME
EOF;
  }

  protected function execute($arguments = array(), $options = array())
  {
    $databaseManager = new sfDatabaseManager($this->configuration);
    $conn = $databaseManager->getDatabase('propel')->getConnection();

    $criteria = new Criteria;
    $criteria->add(QubitUser::USERNAME, $arguments['username']);
    $user = QubitUser::getOne($criteria);

    // User account exists?
    if ($user !== null)
    {
      $password = $this->generatePassword();
      $user->setPassword($password);
      $user->save();

      $this->logSection('do', 'New password: ' . $password);
    }
    else
    {
      throw new sfException('Given username does not exist');
    }
  }

  function generatePassword($length = 8)
  {
    // Start with a blank password
    $password = "";

    // Define possible characters - any character in this string can be
    // picked for use in the password, so if you want to put vowels back in
    // or add special characters such as exclamation marks, this is where
    // you should do it
    $possible = "2346789bcdfghjkmnpqrtvwxyzBCDFGHJKLMNPQRTVWXYZ";

    // We refer to the length of $possible a few times, so let's grab it now
    $maxlength = strlen($possible);
  
    // Check for length overflow and truncate if necessary
    if ($length > $maxlength)
    {
      $length = $maxlength;
    }
	
    // Set up a counter for how many characters are in the password so far
    $i = 0; 
    
    // add random characters to $password until $length is reached
    while ($i < $length)
    {
      // Pick a random character from the possible ones
      $char = substr($possible, mt_rand(0, $maxlength - 1), 1);
        
      // Have we already used this character in $password?
      if (!strstr($password, $char))
      { 
        // No, so it's OK to add it onto the end of whatever we've already got...
        $password .= $char;
        // ... and increase the counter by one
        $i++;
      }
    }

    // Done!
    return $password;
  }
}