Random - not that random

From: Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 19:24:58 +0000
Subject: Random - not that random
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Newbie alert Hi! Here is a piece of coding. It randomly choose between four options to display on my homepage. The problem is that it doesn't seem to be that random - rather biased. The last option $message[3] is displayed 9 out of 10 times. Any suggestions? <script language="php"> $message[0] = '<a href="index.php3?Page=vogn"><img border="0" src="images/trolley.jpg"><br>Rengøringsvogne, mopper m.m.</a>'; $message[1] = '<a href="index.php3?Page=nilfisk"><img border="0" src="images/nilfisk.gif"><br>Nilfisk Advance rengøringsmaskiner</a>'; $message[2] = '<a href="index.php3?Page=polering"><img border="0" src="images/ladder.jpg"><br>Har du set vores Vinduespudserstiger?</a>'; $message[3] = '<a href="index.php3?Page=polish"><img border="0"src="images/logo-bison.gif"><br>Vi importerer selv vore polisher fra en af Canadas førende Polishfabrikker.</a>'; $number = mt_rand(0,3) ; print"$message[$number]"; </script> -- ================================== Regards from Denmark, Europe Please cc your reply to dan@eskildsen.net ================================== I haven't lost my mind, I've got it backed up on TAPE somewhere.......

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