Re: Random

On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Necro wrote: > Lo all, > > Can anyone please explain why this doesn't work... > > $floor = 100000; > $ceiling = 999999; > srand((double)microtime()*1000000); > $random = rand($floor, $ceiling); > > I get the error... > Warning: rand(): Invalid range: 100000..999999 in > d:\htdocs\ezone\web\signup2.php on line 49 > > Thankyou > > Andrew Hi there. I see you use windows, but when I looked up 'microtime' in the manual it says the following : ------- microtime microtime -- Return current UNIX timestamp with microseconds Description string microtime(void); Returns the string "msec sec" where sec is the current time measured in the number of seconds since the Unix Epoch (0:00:00 January 1, 1970 GMT), and msec is the microseconds part. This function is only available on operating systems that support the gettimeofday() system call. See also time(). ------- So you'll probably have to use something else for your rand (or change OS ;) ) Good luck, and a merry Christmas to you. -- Knut ------ Knut H. Hassel Nielsen, knutnie@idi.ntnu.no Principal Engineer, Office : ITS 204 IDI NTNU, Sem Saelands vei 7-9 N-7491 Trondheim, Norway Phone (+47) 73 59 18 46 Fax (+47) 73 59 60 35 "Programmers don't die, they just GOSUB without RETURN."