Re: mt_rand() - the same forever?

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On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 10:05 PM, Ashley Sheridan
<ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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
>
>

No. When I give a fixed seed to mt_srand(), each time I get the same
sequence of mt_rand()s. My question is wheather the actual algorithm
behind these functions is likely to change in the next version of PHP
or not.

Janek

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