[PHP] Random number generation and phpBB search IDs

2004-11-27 Thread Gordon Mckeown
Hi, I'm currently experiencing a problem with a phpBB board that appears to be due to the way random number generation works in PHP. I have posted on serveral phpBB boards and have received no answers, so I think I need to understand how PHP is dealing with this in order to resolve it. phpBB

Re: [PHP] Random number generation and phpBB search IDs

2004-11-27 Thread Gordon Mckeown
Apologies, my mail client was supposed to line-wrap that for me - Hi, I'm currently experiencing a problem with a phpBB board that appears to be due to the way random number generation works in PHP. I have posted on serveral phpBB boards and have received no answers, so I think I need to

Re: [PHP] Random number generation and phpBB search IDs

2004-11-27 Thread M. Sokolewicz
Gordon McKeown wrote: Apologies, my mail client was supposed to line-wrap that for me - Hi, I'm currently experiencing a problem with a phpBB board that appears to be due to the way random number generation works in PHP. I have posted on serveral phpBB boards and have received no answers,

RE: [PHP] Random number generation and phpBB search IDs

2004-11-27 Thread Thomas S. Crum - AAA Web Solution, Inc.
: Saturday, November 27, 2004 11:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] Random number generation and phpBB search IDs Hi, I'm currently experiencing a problem with a phpBB board that appears to be due to the way random number generation works in PHP. I have posted on serveral phpBB boards

Re: [PHP] Random number generation and phpBB search IDs

2004-11-27 Thread Gordon Mckeown
Many thanks Thomas and Maciek. I'll try removing mt_srand to start with, and if that doesn't work out I'll put in the uniqueness check. Cheers, Gordon. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php