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

2008-10-06 Thread Nathan Rixham
Janek wrote: 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

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

2008-10-06 Thread Nathan Rixham
Stut wrote: On 6 Oct 2008, at 10:58, Nathan Rixham wrote: Janek wrote: 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

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

2008-10-06 Thread Stut
On 6 Oct 2008, at 10:58, Nathan Rixham wrote: Janek wrote: 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

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

2008-10-06 Thread Richard Heyes
fair point; I've been trying to change my mindset on this of late, but there is no replacement for simply writing you're own code. Well said. How many numbers are you likely to need? -- Richard Heyes HTML5 Graphing for FF, Chrome, Opera and Safari: http://www.phpguru.org/RGraph -- PHP

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

2008-10-06 Thread Eric Butera
On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 2:25 PM, Janek [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 -- PHP General Mailing List

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

2008-10-06 Thread Janek
On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 1:53 PM, Eric Butera [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 2:25 PM, Janek [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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.

[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] mt_rand doesn't seem random enough

2002-10-14 Thread Phil Schwarzmann
Maybe I'm wrong on this but mt_rand doesn't seem to be random enough. I'm on a PHP 4.04 server and here's my code.. function make_seed() { list($usec, $sec) = explode(' ', microtime()); return (float) $sec + ((float) $usec * 10); } mt_srand(make_seed()); $randval = mt_rand(); I

[PHP] mt_rand()

2002-03-14 Thread Phillip S. Baker
Is there a way to seed the mt_rand function with numbers and letters to generate a good password of say 6-10 characters? Thanks Phillip -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php