note 110798 deleted from function.mt-rand by aharvey

Note Submitter: justinba1010 at gmail dot com ---- <?php /* @Author: Justin Baum ** @Date: 12/9/12 - m/d/yr ** @Purpose: To create a better random number for numbers above 2^32 */ /* If a number higher then 2^32 is needed ** Then I think this should be proposed ** This is because the mt_rand(0,2^64) is biased to even ** numbers. */ /* This incorporates the mt_rand, Mersenne twister, and a few ** exponents to insure there is more odd numbers in the ** equation, this is just a theory and I hope others will look into ** it. */ public function mt_rand_64($min, $max) { //Get the random seed $rand = mt_rand(); //Get the random exponent $rand_exponent1 = mt_rand(900,1100); $rand2_exponent1 = $rand_exponent - 50; $rand2_exponent2 = $rand_exponent + 50; $rand_exponent2 = mt_rand($rand2_exponent1, $rand2_exponent2); $rand_exponent = $rand_exponent1 / $rand_exponent2; //Get the exponential of random $rand = $rand ^ $rand_exponent; //Get the differential $difference = $max - $min; //Get the actual random number $random_number = $rand % $difference; $random_number += $min; RETURN $random_number; } /* I hope this is looked into, and this is just my solution to it, ** It is crude, and a better one should be used. ** Thank you. */ ?>