(PHP 7)
gmp_random_seed — Sets the RNG seed
seed
The seed to be set for the gmp_random(), gmp_random_bits(), and gmp_random_range() functions.
Either a GMP number resource in PHP 5.5 and earlier, a GMP object in PHP 5.6 and later, or a numeric string provided that it is possible to convert the latter to a number.
Returns NULL
on success.
Issues an E_WARNING
and returns FALSE
if
seed
is not valid.
Example #1 gmp_random_seed() example
<?php
// set the seed
gmp_random_seed(100);
var_dump(gmp_strval(gmp_random(1)));
// set the seed to something else
gmp_random_seed(gmp_init(-100));
var_dump(gmp_strval(gmp_random_bits(10)));
// set the seed to something invalid
var_dump(gmp_random_seed('not a number'));
The above example will output:
string(20) "15370156633245019617" string(3) "683" Warning: gmp_random_seed(): Unable to convert variable to GMP - string is not an integer in %s on line %d bool(false)