Its supposedly faster and generates a "more" random number than rand() so I
don't see why not to use it.
--
phill
"Jon Haworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> The manual also says:
> mt_rand -- Generate a better random value
>
> I've been using mt_rand() over rand() every time - is there any reason not
> to?
>
> Cheers
> Jon
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elias [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 03 May 2001 00:05
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Random number generation...
>
>
> why not use the rand() ?
>
> manual says:
>
> rand -- Generate a random value
> Description
>
> int rand ([int min [, int max]])
>
>
> If called without the optional min, max arguments rand() returns a
> pseudo-random value between 0 and RAND_MAX. If you want a random number
> between 5 and 15 (inclusive), for example, use rand (5, 15).
>
> Remember to seed the random number generator before use with srand().
>
> -elias
> http://eassoft.cjb.net
>
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