Summary of methods for generating random numbers in PHP

Random numbers are a very commonly used method. This article summarizes the methods of generating random numbers in PHP. It is divided into four methods and the comparison between each method. Readers in need can refer to it. .

The first method uses mt_rand()

function GetRandStr($length){ 
$str='abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789'; 
$len=strlen($str)-1; 
$randstr=''; 
for($i=0;$i<$length;$i++){ 
$num=mt_rand(0,$len); 
$randstr .= $str[$num]; 
} 
return $randstr; 
} 
$number=GetRandStr(6); 
echo $number;

The second method (fastest)

function make_password( $length = 8 ) 
{ 
 // 密码字符集，可任意添加你需要的字符 
 $chars = array('a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 
 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l','m', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 
 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y','z', 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 
 'E', 'F', 'G', 'H', 'I', 'J', 'K', 'L','M', 'N', 'O', 
 'P', 'Q', 'R', 'S', 'T', 'U', 'V', 'W', 'X', 'Y','Z', 
 '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '!', 
 '@','#', '$', '%', '^', '&', '*', '(', ')', '-', '_', 
 &#39;[&#39;, &#39;]&#39;, &#39;{&#39;, &#39;}&#39;, &#39;<&#39;, &#39;>&#39;, &#39;~&#39;, &#39;`&#39;, &#39;+&#39;, &#39;=&#39;, &#39;,&#39;, 
 &#39;.&#39;, &#39;;&#39;, &#39;:&#39;, &#39;/&#39;, &#39;?&#39;, &#39;|&#39;); 
 // 在 $chars 中随机取 $length 个数组元素键名 
 $keys = array_rand($chars, $length); 
 $password = &#39;&#39;; 
 for($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++) 
 { 
  // 将 $length 个数组元素连接成字符串 
  $password .= $chars[$keys[$i]]; 
 } 
 return $password; 
}

The third method is to take the current timestamp

function get_password( $length = 8 ) 
{ 
 $str = substr(md5(time()), 0, $length);//md5加密，time()当前时间戳 
 return $str; 
}

The fourth method is to scramble the string

function getrandstr(){ 
$str='ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890'; 
$randStr = str_shuffle($str);//打乱字符串 
$rands= substr($randStr,0,6);//substr(string,start,length);返回字符串的一部分 
return $rands; 
}

//Start creating the verification code (directly Use function to generate, more convenient and fast)

$code = rand(10000, 99999);

php mt_rand generates 0~1 random decimal effect comparison

lcg_value description

float lcg_value (void)

lcg_value() returns a pseudo-random number in the range (0, 1). This function combines two congruential generators with periods 2^31 - 85 and 2^31 - 249. The period of this function is equal to the product of these two prime numbers.

Return: pseudo-random number in the range (0, 1).

<?php 
for($i=0; $i<5; $i++){ 
 echo lcg_value().PHP_EOL; 
} 
?>

Output:

0.11516515851995
0.064684551575297
0.68275174031189
0.55730746529099
0.70215008878091

Comparison of two methods of generating random decimals from 0 to 1

1. Execution time comparison

Execute 100,000 times based on mt_rand() and mt_getrandmax() algorithms The running time

<?php
/**
 * 生成0~1随机小数
 * @param Int $min
 * @param Int $max
 * @return Float
 */
function randFloat($min=0, $max=1){
 return $min + mt_rand()/mt_getrandmax() * ($max-$min);
}

// 获取microtime
function get_microtime(){
 list($usec, $sec) = explode(&#39; &#39;, microtime());
 return (float)$usec + (float)$sec;
}

// 记录开始时间
$starttime = get_microtime();

// 执行10万次获取随机小数
for($i=0; $i<100000; $i++){
 randFloat();
}

// 记录结束时间
$endtime = get_microtime();

// 输出运行时间
printf("run time %f ms\r\n", ($endtime-$starttime)*1000);
?>

Output: run time 266.893148 ms

The running time of executing lcg_value() 100,000 times

<?php
// 获取microtime
function get_microtime(){
 list($usec, $sec) = explode(&#39; &#39;, microtime());
 return (float)$usec + (float)$sec;
}
// 记录开始时间
$starttime = get_microtime();
// 执行10万次获取随机小数
for($i=0; $i<100000; $i++){
 lcg_value();
}
// 记录结束时间
$endtime = get_microtime();
// 输出运行时间
printf("run time %f ms\r\n", ($endtime-$starttime)*1000);
?>

Output: run time 86.178064 ms

Execution time comparison, because lcg_value() is directly a native PHP method, and mt_rand() and mt_getrandmax() need to call two methods and need to be calculated, so the execution time of lcg_value() is about 3 times faster.

2. Random effect comparison

Random effect based on mt_rand() and mt_getrandmax() algorithms

<?php
/**
 * 生成0~1随机小数
 * @param Int $min
 * @param Int $max
 * @return Float
 */
function randFloat($min=0, $max=1){
 return $min + mt_rand()/mt_getrandmax() * ($max-$min);
}
header(&#39;content-type: image/png&#39;);
$im = imagecreatetruecolor(512, 512);
$color1 = imagecolorallocate($im, 255, 255, 255);
$color2 = imagecolorallocate($im, 0, 0, 0);
for($y=0; $y<512; $y++){
 for($x=0; $x<512; $x++){
  $rand = randFloat();
  if(round($rand,2)>=0.5){
   imagesetpixel($im, $x, $y, $color1);
  }else{
   imagesetpixel($im, $x, $y, $color2);
  }
 }
}
imagepng($im);
imagedestroy($im);
?>

Random effect of lcg_value()

<?php
header(&#39;content-type: image/png&#39;);
$im = imagecreatetruecolor(512, 512);
$color1 = imagecolorallocate($im, 255, 255, 255);
$color2 = imagecolorallocate($im, 0, 0, 0);
for($y=0; $y<512; $y++){
 for($x=0; $x<512; $x++){
  $rand = lcg_value();
  if(round($rand,2)>=0.5){
   imagesetpixel($im, $x, $y, $color1);
  }else{
   imagesetpixel($im, $x, $y, $color2);
  }
 }
}
imagepng($im);
imagedestroy($im);
?>

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