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1 year ago
Keep in mind that now srand is an alias for mt_srand, but they behaved differently before. This means you should not follow the documentation of srand, but the one of mt_srand, when using srand.

To reset the seed to a random value, `mt_srand(0)` (or `srand(0)`) doesn't work. It sets the seed to 0. To reset the seed to a random value you must use `mt_srand()` (or `srand()`).

<?php

$arr = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4];

srand(1); // or mt_srand(1) as they are now aliases
$keys = array_rand($arr, 2); // not random as expected

srand(0); // or mt_srand(0) as they are now aliases
$keys = array_rand($arr, 2); // not random either!

srand(); // or mt_srand() as they are now aliases
$keys = array_rand($arr, 2); // random again

?>
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