Re: rand(), mt_rand(), and my inability to make either of them random.

lol, nm, you weren't. Why does it return Warning: Use of undefined constant U - assumed 'U' in c:\apache\htdocs\temp\random.php on line 4 if I don't use quotes, though? annnnyway, I'm going to give up on this. Thanks, though. ----- Original Message ----- From: "April" <april@ponymail.com> To: "Robert Collins" <rcollins@Insight.com>; "PHP General" <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 3:15 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] rand(), mt_rand(), and my inability to make either of them random. > Thanks. It doesn't need to be completely random, just, more random than > "1". The occasional 3 would be enough for me. > > And,t hank you very very much. You forgot the quotes around the U, btw. > *huggss* > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Collins" <rcollins@Insight.com> > To: "'April'" <april@farstrider.org>; "PHP General" > <php-general@lists.php.net> > Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 2:58 PM > Subject: RE: [PHP] rand(), mt_rand(), and my inability to make either of > them random. > > > > this is a function that I wrote to solve this problem, but it is almost > > impossible to get a truly random number you can get somthing pretty close > by > > seeding with somthing like the time function, using the seconds since > epoch > > and this should be hard to duplicate. > > > > <?php > > function random_number($config, $lownum, $highnum){ > > > > $time = date(U); > > $seed = srand($time); > > $rand = rand($lownum, $highnum); > > > > echo "<FONT FACE=\"$fontstyle\" SIZE=\"$fontsize\" > > COLOR=\"$fontcolor\">$rand</FONT>"; > > > > $lownum = "1"; > > $highnum = "100"; > > random_number("config.inc.php", $lownum, $highnum); > > > > } > > ?> > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: April [mailto:april@farstrider.org] > > Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 1:50 PM > > To: PHP General > > Subject: [PHP] rand(), mt_rand(), and my inability to make either of > > them random. > > > > > > I have this scriptlet: > > > > $items = 6; > > $randnum = rand(1,$items); > > echo $randnum . "<br><br>"; > > > > Always, no matter how many times I hit refresh, it'll always return the > > lowest possible value, in this case 1. If I have rand(4,$items), it > returns > > four. > > > > So I tried mt_rand(), with this: > > > > $items = 6; > > $randnum = mt_rand(1,$items); > > echo $randnum . "<br><br>"; > > > > This always, without fail, returns the highest possible value. 6 in this > > case. > > > > I'm using Apache/4.0.3pl1 on Windows 2000, locally, just to develop. > Could > > this be a cache type problem? Could the gods be conspiring to drive me > > steadily insane? > > > > April > > > > > > -- > > 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 > > > > > -- > 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 >