Random number?

[jesmond23]

Hi,

Does anyone know how to generate a random number (integer) in PHP?

I want to make a function that pulls a random record from a MySQL DB, each record being indexed (i.e. 1, 2, 3.....200).

I know that this is possible in Java through the "math.random()" method, just wondering what the equivalent command is in PHP...

Thanks,

Pete

[xblue]

int rand ( [int min, int max])
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.rand.php

if you run older php versions, you need srand() to make rand() work. the link to srand() shows an example.