Ryan A wrote:
Hey,
Have a quick question about which is better to get real random values, shuffle or mt_rand.
I am trying to shuffle a deck of cards and reading another thread I saw that after a
> couple of thousand random generations patterns have been observed
> using rand()... so its better to use mt_rand().
Well they do different things - shuffle() randomises an array, whereas
mt_rand() gives you a random number. If you want to randomise an array,
use shuffle(). If you want a random number, use mt_rand().
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