Re: Random Numbers
| From: | Jason Murray | Date: | Wed, 29 Nov 2000 18:33:30 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Random Numbers | ||
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Jason Murray wrote:
>
> Gary,
>
> > My problem, when the numbers print they print like this.
> > 703
> > 7031
> > 70310
> >
> > Does anyone know how to get different random numbers to print on the
> > same page, Without the above happening?
>
> It looks like you haven't seeded the random number generator?
>
> <?
> srand ((double) microtime() * 1000000);
> $number1 = rand(111, 999);
> $number2 = rand(1111, 9999);
> $number3 = rand(11111, 99999);
> ?>
>
> This Should(tm) (in an off-the-cuff kinda way) work.
>
> Jason
>
Look in the manual for mt_rand(). It is better than rand(). I think this
question was asked just a couple days ago on this list...
Greetings,
Jason - the other JM
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