[PHP-DB] Random - not that random

Newbie alert Hi! Here is a piece of coding. It randomly choose between four options to display on my homepage. The problem is that it doesn't seem to be that random - rather biased. The last option $message[3] is displayed 9 out of 10 times. Any suggestions? script language=php

Re: [PHP-DB] Random - not that random

Hi Dan, You need to call mt_srand() first to seed the random number generator. It's all described here: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mt-rand.php Ken * Dan Eskildsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] [010517 14:22]: Newbie alert Hi! Here is a piece of coding. It randomly choose