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26 changes: 13 additions & 13 deletions reference/gmp/functions/gmp-random-seed.xml
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Expand Up @@ -21,11 +21,10 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>seed</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The seed to be set for the <function>gmp_random</function>,
<function>gmp_random_bits</function>, and
<simpara>
The seed to be set for the <function>gmp_random_bits</function> and
<function>gmp_random_range</function> functions.
</para>
</simpara>

&gmp.parameter;
</listitem>
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// set the seed
gmp_random_seed(100);

var_dump(gmp_strval(gmp_random(1)));
var_dump(gmp_strval(gmp_random_bits(10)));

// set the seed to something else
gmp_random_seed(gmp_init(-100));

var_dump(gmp_strval(gmp_random_bits(10)));
var_dump(gmp_strval(gmp_random_range(0, 100)));

// set the seed to something invalid
var_dump(gmp_random_seed('not a number'));
try {
gmp_random_seed('not a number');
} catch (\ValueError $e) {
echo $e->getMessage(), PHP_EOL;
}
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen>
<![CDATA[
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)
string(3) "800"
string(2) "32"
gmp_random_seed(): Argument #1 ($seed) is not an integer string
]]>
</screen>
</example>
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&reftitle.seealso;
<simplelist>
<member><function>gmp_init</function></member>
<member><function>gmp_random</function></member>
<member><function>gmp_random_bits</function></member>
<member><function>gmp_random_range</function></member>
</simplelist>
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