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PRNG test using PHP

May 26th, 2009 Remco 1 comment

Every programmer uses them.. PRNG’s, better known as pseido-random number generators, in PHP represented by the rand(min,max) function.
Unlike true random number generators (TRNG’s) that use true random data like atmospheric noise to create their numbers, PRNG’s rely on software algorithms to come up with seemingly random numbers.. but are they? And is there a difference between Linux and Windows PRNG results?
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