On Fri, June 29, 2007 4:57 am, Ryan A wrote: > Have a quick question about which is better to get real random values, > shuffle or mt_rand. I *thought* that shuffle used mt_rand under the hood, but could be totally wrong... As far as REAL random values goes, that's an encyclopedia of information, really... Unless there's real money on the table, shuffle or mt_rand should be fine. > 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(). > Any idea which would be better to constantly generate proper random > numbers for a long period of time? I'd have to go with Tijnema's code because it will be maintainable long-term MUCH easier, and I doubt that either is significantly "more" random than the other. -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
