note 15891 added to function.srand

From: Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2001 12:52:47 +0000
Subject: note 15891 added to function.srand
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The make_seed() function in the example code is VERY bad, and is in fact responsible for seeding always the same value, so that the output of rand() is the same with every page reload (!) ALWAYS use: (double)microtime()*1000000 See for more details my note on the mt_srand() page [ function.mt_srand.php ] -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.srand.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+15891 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+15891 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+15891

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