RE: [PHP] rand(), mt_rand(), and my inability to make either of them random.

2001-01-26 Thread Robert Collins
this is a function that I wrote to solve this problem, but it is almost impossible to get a truly random number you can get somthing pretty close by seeding with somthing like the time function, using the seconds since epoch and this should be hard to duplicate. $rand"; $lownum = "1"; $highnum

Re: [PHP] rand(), mt_rand(), and my inability to make either of them random.

2001-01-26 Thread April
CTED]> To: "'April'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "PHP General" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 2:58 PM Subject: RE: [PHP] rand(), mt_rand(), and my inability to make either of them random. > this is a function that I wrote to solve this

Re: [PHP] rand(), mt_rand(), and my inability to make either of them random.

2001-01-26 Thread April
;April" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Robert Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "PHP General" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 3:15 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] rand(), mt_rand(), and my inability to make either of them random. > Thanks. It doesn