PHP RANDOM NUMBER: Generate Random Numbers in PHP

The following tutorial will introduce you to one of the most common problems encountered in programming subjects. Later on, I will provide set of activities and quizzes for you to practice on to improve your programming skills.

Some other exercises are the following:

1.     Celsius to Fahrenheit Temperature Converter

2.     Identify if odd or even number

3.     Display numbers using a for loop

4.     Solve for the area of a triangle

5.     Fibonacci Series

and many more. These are just some of the activities that I posted here in my blog. You can visit the links if you want.

A random function rand() is used to generate random integer numbers. I already done posting article about generating random numbers in Java. 

Syntax for random number

rand();

or if you want to specify numbers from a certain range then you used this syntax

Syntax for random number with limit

rand(min,max);

The following php code will generate random numbers.

PHP Code Random Number Generator

<?php

echo rand();

?>

while following php code will generate random numbers between 100-2000.

PHP Code Random Number Generator

<?php

echo rand(100,2000);

?>

Possible Output Random Number Generator

101 / 507 / 1250 / 899 / 1999

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PHP RANDOM NUMBER: Generate Random Numbers in PHP