PHP | stats_rand_phrase_to_seeds() Function

Hello folks! welcome back to a new edition of our tutorial on PHP. In this tutorial guide, we are going to be studying about the PHP stats_rand_phrase_to_seeds() function.

The stats_rand_phrase_to_seeds() function generates two seeds for the RGN random number generator.

It generate two seeds for the RGN random number generator from a phrase.

Syntax

Following below is the syntax to use this function -

array stats_rand_phrase_to_seeds( string $phrase )

READ: PHP | stats_rand_get_seeds() Function

Parameter Details

Sr.No	Parameter	Description
1	phrase	The input phrase

Return Value

This built-in function returns an array of two integers.

Dependencies

This built-in function was first introduced in statistics extension (PHP version 4.0.0 and PEAR v1.4.0). In this tutorial guide, we used the latest release of stats-2.0.3 (PHP v7.0.0 or newer and PEAR version 1.4.0 or newer).

Example

Below example generates two seeds for the RGN random number generator by passing a phrase character -

<?php
   $retval = stats_rand_phrase_to_seeds('pecl_math_stats');
   var_dump($retval);
?>

Output

When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -

array(2) { [0]=> int(778713008) [1]=> int(699140725) }

READ: PHP | stats_rand_gen_t() Function

Alright guys! This is where we are going to be rounding up for this tutorial post. In our next tutorial, we are going to be discussing about the PHP stats_rand_ranf() Function.

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