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# mt_srand

mt_srand -- seed the better random number generator

## Description

`void mt_srand`(int seed);

Seeds the random number generator with `seed`.

      1
      2 // seed with microseconds since last "whole" second
      3 mt_srand((double)microtime()*1000000);
      4 $randval = mt_rand();
      5

See also mt_rand(), mt_getrandmax(), srand(), rand() and getrandmax().

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