Hi Phil, > > > How often do you need to call mt_srand(); ? > > > > once per script, before generating any random > > numbers > > I can't just have the user load a file called > generate.php which has the mt_srand....and then > keep calling random.php (which has mt_rand) without > calling generate.php right?
Well, you can if it's in one script :-) Let's say "random.php" looks like this: <?php echo mt_rand(); ?> and "main.php" looks like this: <?php include ("generate.php"); // seed include ("random.php"); include ("random.php"); include ("random.php"); ?> You should be fine. AIUI the call to mt_srand() lasts for the lifecycle of the script. Was that what you meant? Cheers Jon -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php