note 107738 modified in function.mt-rand by danbrown

From: Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:38:24 +0000
Subject: note 107738 modified in function.mt-rand by danbrown
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i wanted to spot out the big difference between rand and mt_rand when producing images using randomness as noise. for example this is a comparation between rand and mt_rand on a 400x400 pixel png: http://oi43.tinypic.com/vwtppl.jpg code: <?php header("Content-type: image/png"); $sizex=800; $sizey=400; $img = imagecreatetruecolor($sizex,$sizey); $ink = imagecolorallocate($img,255,255,255); for($i=0;$i<$sizex/2;$i++) { for($j=0;$j<$sizey;$j++) { imagesetpixel($img, rand(1,$sizex/2), rand(1,$sizey), $ink); } } for($i=$sizex/2;$i<$sizex;$i++) { for($j=0;$j<$sizey;$j++) { imagesetpixel($img, mt_rand($sizex/2,$sizex), mt_rand(1,$sizey), $ink); } } imagepng($img); imagedestroy($img); ?> the differences reduce when reducing the pixels of the image.. infact for a 100x100 pixel image the noise produced from the rand function is much more realistic than how it is for a 400x400 image: http://oi39.tinypic.com/5k0row.jpg (rand is on the left, mt_rand on the right) --was-- Taking example from a note above i wanted to spot out the big difference between rand and mt_rand when producing images using randomness as noise. for example this is a comparation between rand and mt_rand on a 400x400 pixel png: http://oi43.tinypic.com/vwtppl.jpg code: <?php header("Content-type: image/png"); $sizex=800; $sizey=400; $img = imagecreatetruecolor($sizex,$sizey); $ink = imagecolorallocate($img,255,255,255); for($i=0;$i<$sizex/2;$i++) { for($j=0;$j<$sizey;$j++) { imagesetpixel($img, rand(1,$sizex/2), rand(1,$sizey), $ink); } } for($i=$sizex/2;$i<$sizex;$i++) { for($j=0;$j<$sizey;$j++) { imagesetpixel($img, mt_rand($sizex/2,$sizex), mt_rand(1,$sizey), $ink); } } imagepng($img); imagedestroy($img); ?> the differences reduce when reducing the pixels of the image.. infact for a 100x100 pixel image the noise produced from the rand function is much more realistic than how it is for a 400x400 image: http://oi39.tinypic.com/5k0row.jpg (rand is on the left, mt_rand on the right) http://php.net/manual/en/function.mt-rand.php

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