Your users are going to HATE you.

You need to check each character and keep a count for each condition.
You also need to keep old passwords in a table along with the username


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>I would like have my users to create their passwords in the following format:
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>How do I check to see if their passwords meet the criteria once they create and/or change their passwords?
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>•be at least 10 characters
>•contain at least 2 special characters: ! @ # $ % ^ & * _ - + = ' : ; . ,
>•contain at least 2 numbers
>•contain at least 2 uppercase and 2 lowercase letters
>•not be an old password