php-general Digest 5 Oct 2008 18:52:58 -0000 Issue 5719

2008-10-05 Thread php-general-digest-help
php-general Digest 5 Oct 2008 18:52:58 - Issue 5719 Topics (messages 281449 through 281450): Re: AJAX and PHP 281449 by: Micah Gersten First 30 characters of a strong 281450 by: Ron Piggott Administrivia: To subscribe to the digest, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To

[PHP] First 30 characters of a strong

2008-10-05 Thread Ron Piggott
How do I display the first 5 characters of a string? $string=abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz; my desired output is abcde -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] First 30 characters of a strong

2008-10-05 Thread Ashley Sheridan
On Sun, 2008-10-05 at 14:52 -0400, Ron Piggott wrote: How do I display the first 5 characters of a string? $string=abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz; my desired output is abcde substr($string, 0, 5); Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To

[PHP] mt_rand() - the same forever?

2008-10-05 Thread Janek
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 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit:

Re: [PHP] mt_rand() - the same forever?

2008-10-05 Thread Richard Heyes
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. --

Re: [PHP] mt_rand() - the same forever?

2008-10-05 Thread Janek
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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wonder whether I can rely on the stability

Re: [PHP] mt_rand() - the same forever?

2008-10-05 Thread Ashley Sheridan
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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [PHP] mt_rand() - the same forever?

2008-10-05 Thread Janek
On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 10:05 PM, Ashley Sheridan [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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.

Re: [PHP] mt_rand() - the same forever?

2008-10-05 Thread Jochem Maas
Janek schreef: On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 10:05 PM, Ashley Sheridan [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

[PHP] Politics

2008-10-05 Thread Amy
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[PHP] Re:

2008-10-05 Thread huaizong wang
On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 1:00 PM, huaizong wang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php