php man page for srand

SRAND(3)								 1								  SRAND(3)

srand - Seed the random number generator

SYNOPSIS
       void srand ([int  $seed])

DESCRIPTION
	Seeds the random number generator with $seed or with a random value if no $seed is given.

       Note

	      As  of  PHP  4.2.0,  there is no need to seed the random number generator with srand(3) or mt_srand(3) as this is now done automati-
	      cally.

PARAMETERS
	      o $seed
		- Optional seed value

RETURN VALUES
	No value is returned.

CHANGELOG
       +--------+---------------------------------------------------+
       |Version |						    |
       |	|						    |
       |	|		     Description		    |
       |	|						    |
       +--------+---------------------------------------------------+
       | 4.2.0	|						    |
       |	|						    |
       |	|  The $seed becomes optional  and  defaults  to  a |
       |	| random value if omitted.			    |
       |	|						    |
       +--------+---------------------------------------------------+
EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      srand(3) example

	      <?php
	      // seed with microseconds
	      function make_seed()
	      {
		list($usec, $sec) = explode(' ', microtime());
		return (float) $sec + ((float) $usec * 100000);
	      }
	      srand(make_seed());
	      $randval = rand();
	      ?>

SEE ALSO
       rand(3), getrandmax(3), mt_srand(3).

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