note 59266 added to function.mt-srand

"Better still: Use a 31-bit hash of microtime() as the seed. " Correct me if i am wrong, but woudlnt using microtime() still limit the total seeds to 1,000,000 again? Since the 31-bit hash will always give the same hash for the same number, and in the microtime() function you could have 1,000,000 or less numbers. So in effect your still no better off at all :-p Best regards, scott PS: I actually agree that PHP has pretty much resolved the issue and got as close as anyones going to get to solving the seeding issue by introducing the "Mersenne Twister" algorithm which creates a much larger pool than 1,000,000 numbers. Just because the mt_srand() function exists doesnt mean you HAVE to use it ;-) use it if you NEED a specific list of the same numbers (comes in handy for encryptions with passwords ;-) ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mt-srand.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+59266 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59266&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59266&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59266&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59266&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59266&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59266&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59266&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+59266&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php