Re: Re: How can I get a random number

This might not be quite what your looking for, but I often have then need for a unique number in an incrementing order. random isnt quite the word for it, unique is :) function mtime() { $mtime = microtime(); $mtime = str_replace("\.", '', $mtime); $mtime = explode(' ', $mtime); $mtime = $mtime[1] . $mtime[0]; return($mtime); } Chris Lee Mediawaveonline.com "Angela" <angela@localnetamerica.com> wrote in message news:3A64C758.36B53CAE@localnetamerica.com... > I see that you got a lot of responses, but I didn't see anyone using > what I use. I had problems using rand() because it wasn't quite random > enough. The following code is as random as you can get (at least from > what I've seen). > > mt_srand ((double) microtime() * 1000000); > $myrandomnumber = mt_rand($min_number, $max_number); > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >