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<refentry xml:id="function.gmp-random-seed" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
<refnamediv>
<refname>gmp_random_seed</refname>
<refpurpose>Sets the RNG seed</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<type>void</type><methodname>gmp_random_seed</methodname>
<methodparam><type class="union"><type>GMP</type><type>int</type><type>string</type></type><parameter>seed</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>seed</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The seed to be set for the <function>gmp_random</function>,
<function>gmp_random_bits</function>, and
<function>gmp_random_range</function> functions.
</para>
&gmp.parameter;
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
&return.void;
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="errors"><!-- {{{ -->
&reftitle.errors;
<para>
Throws a <classname>ValueError</classname> if <parameter>seed</parameter>
is invalid.
</para>
</refsect1><!-- }}} -->
<refsect1 role="changelog">
&reftitle.changelog;
<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>&Version;</entry>
<entry>&Description;</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>8.0.0</entry>
<entry>
If <parameter>seed</parameter> is invalid, <function>gmp_random_seed</function>
now throws a <classname>ValueError</classname>.
Previously it emitted an <constant>E_WARNING</constant> and returned &false;.
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example>
<title><function>gmp_random_seed</function> example</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
// set the seed
gmp_random_seed(100);
var_dump(gmp_strval(gmp_random(1)));
// set the seed to something else
gmp_random_seed(gmp_init(-100));
var_dump(gmp_strval(gmp_random_bits(10)));
// set the seed to something invalid
var_dump(gmp_random_seed('not a number'));
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen>
<![CDATA[
string(20) "15370156633245019617"
string(3) "683"
Warning: gmp_random_seed(): Unable to convert variable to GMP - string is not an integer in %s on line %d
bool(false)
]]>
</screen>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<simplelist>
<member><function>gmp_init</function></member>
<member><function>gmp_random</function></member>
<member><function>gmp_random_bits</function></member>
<member><function>gmp_random_range</function></member>
</simplelist>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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