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How can I generate a random number in PHP?

Aug 12th, 1999 22:33
Nathan Wallace, David den Boer, Sander Pilon, Teodor Cimpoesu

The examples below produce a random number between 0 and 5 inclusive. 
That is, the possible values are 0,1,2,3,4,5.

This works for me every time :

      srand((double)microtime()*1000000);
      $randval = rand(0, 5);

If you have an old version of PHP then you might need to use this
instead:

    srand((double)microtime()*10000);
    $t=rand();
    $number = rand()%6;

Alternatively, for a very simple random generator use:

    $number = time() % 6;