On Sun, 2008-10-05 at 21:57 +0200, Janek wrote: > I know, but I *want* to seed it. My goal is to have a fixed > pseudorandom sequence for each integer (seed) and I don't want those > sequences to change regarding PHP version. > > Janek > > On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 9:52 PM, Richard Heyes <richard@xxxxxxx> wrote: > >> I wonder whether I can rely on the stability of mt_srand() and > >> mt_rand(). I want them to generate the same sequence for a fixed seed, > >> regardless of PHP version. Do you think I can trust it? > >> Janek > > > > Keep in mind (if you're not already) that mt_rand() doesn't > > technically need to be seeded. > > > > -- > > Richard Heyes > > > > HTML5 Graphing for FF, Chrome, Opera and Safari: > > http://www.phpguru.org/RGraph > > > Doesn't it also rely on the system clock as well? Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
