Random Serial Issue

[Talon]

I have made a code that should generate a bunch or random numbers by itself, however, it seems that it just generates 999 of the same number, does anyone have an idea on how to fix this.

<?php    /////////////////////////////  $pattern = "1234567890";    $p1 = $pattern{rand(0,9)};    $p2 = $pattern{rand(0,9)};    $n = 5;    $m = 5;     $x = 0;    $z = "100";     $dash = "-";    ////////////////////////////       function randomkeys($length)    {     $pattern = "1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";     for($i=0;$i<$length;$i++)     {       $key .= $pattern{rand(0,60)};     }     return $key;    }    $fin = randomkeys($n);    $fin2 = randomkeys($m);    echo "<center>";    while($x<999){  $string = $p1 . $dash . $fin . $dash . $fin2 . $dash . $p2;  echo "<br>$string<br>"; $x= $x +1;  }    ?>

[NogDog]

In case anyone else want to actually read the code, here it is with linefeeds and indents:

<?php
/////////////////////////////  

$pattern = "1234567890";
$p1 = $pattern{rand(0,9)};
$p2 = $pattern{rand(0,9)};
$n = 5;
$m = 5;
$x = 0;
$z = "100";
$dash = "-";
////////////////////////////       

function randomkeys($length)
{
   $pattern = "1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
   for($i=0; $i<$length; $i++)
   {
      $key .= $pattern{rand(0,60)};
   }
   return $key;
}
$fin = randomkeys($n);
$fin2 = randomkeys($m);
echo "<center>";
while($x<999)
{
   $string = $p1 . $dash . $fin . $dash . $fin2 . $dash . $p2;
   echo "<br>$string<br>";
   $x= $x +1;
}
?>

[NogDog]

Within your while loop, $p1, $fin, $fin2, and $p2 are just static values that you've set in your earlier code. If you want any/all of them to vary each time through the loop, then you'll need to call the relevant function or otherwise do the processing within the loop:

while($x++ < 999)  // use ++ increment operator to save a line of code :)
{
   $string = rand(0,9) . $dash . randomkeys($n) . $dash . randomkeys($m) . $dash . rand(0,9);
  echo "<br>$string<br>\n";
}