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Request #18419 No way to get current rand seed
Submitted: 2002-07-18 15:17 UTC Modified: 2002-09-11 12:07 UTC
From: peter_ammon at rocketmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Feature/Change Request
PHP Version: 4.2.1 OS: RedHat Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2002-07-18 15:17 UTC] peter_ammon at rocketmail dot com 
It would be nice if there were a way to retrieve the 
current random number seed (or state if it maintains more 
information than just the seed), so the random number 
generator could be reseeded with it.  Some code depends 
upon the fact that rand will produce the same sequence 
starting with a given seed, and without a way to retrieve 
the seed, it's impossible to put functions that call rand() 
a variable number of times in such code.

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 [2002-07-18 15:20 UTC] rasmus@php.net 
I don't really see the scenario where setting a known seed with srand() wouldn't be sufficient.
 [2002-09-11 12:07 UTC] sniper@php.net 
No feedback was provided. The bug is being suspended because
we assume that you are no longer experiencing the problem.
If this is not the case and you are able to provide the
information that was requested earlier, please do so and
change the status of the bug back to "Open". Thank you.
 
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