php-doc-en/reference/math/functions/srand.xml
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<refentry xml:id="function.srand" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
<refnamediv>
<refname>srand</refname>
<refpurpose>Seed the random number generator</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<type>void</type><methodname>srand</methodname>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>seed</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
Seeds the random number generator with <parameter>seed</parameter>
or with a random value if no <parameter>seed</parameter> is given.
</para>
&note.randomseed;
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>seed</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Optional seed value
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
&return.void;
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example>
<title><function>srand</function> example</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
// seed with microseconds
function make_seed()
{
list($usec, $sec) = explode(' ', microtime());
return (float) $sec + ((float) $usec * 100000);
}
srand(make_seed());
$randval = rand();
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><function>rand</function></member>
<member><function>getrandmax</function></member>
<member><function>mt_srand</function></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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