Re: Bug #12455: Srand and shuffle give odd results

UNSUBSCRIBE ME PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sulka@sulake.com schrieb: > From: sulka@sulake.com > Operating system: SunOS 5.8 (Solaris) > PHP version: 4.0.4pl1 > PHP Bug Type: *Math Functions > Bug description: Srand and shuffle give odd results > > I'm using the following code to create random strings > (passwords): > > $password = ""; > $array = > > array('a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','j','k','l','m',' > > n','o','p','q','r','s','t','u','v','w','x','y','z',0,1,2,4, > 5,6,7,8,9); > srand ((double)microtime()*1000000); > shuffle(&$array); > for ($i=0; $i<6; $i++) { $password .= $array[$i]; } > > Now, for some reason this seems to return only five > different values ever on the Solaris machine I'm running > the code on. And I'm not checking on the same run of the > script, this is based on accessing page with the script > through http and looking at the results for about 150 > reloads on two different days. > > This is the first time I'm sending a PHP report so I don't > know exactly what information to provide. Please ask for > more if as you see fit. > -- > Edit bug report at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=12455&edit=1 > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net