Yeah. If I understand correctly, if you do, like: <?php $seed = time();
srand($seed); $var = rand(0,50); echo "$var\n"; srand($seed); $var2 = rand(0,50); echo "$var2\n"; ?> Then, I believe, the theory is that you will get the same "random" number twice. Mike Miguel Cruz wrote: > On Thu, 2 May 2002, Gerard Samuel wrote: > >>Quick question. Im using srand to seed array_rand in a script. >>I read that srand should only be called once per script under the srand >>manual page. >>Im using ADODB, and that also uses srand. Now should that warning be a >>literal warning or should that >>be 'use srand once per page'?? >> > > It's probably not worth worrying about unless both calls use the same seed > and you are generating one or more random numbers between the two srand() > calls that are part of the same sequence as random numbers generated after > the second one. > > miguel -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
