MT_RAND_PHP

ConstantDeprecated in PHP 8.3

MT_RAND_PHP is one of the accepted parameters for:

MT_RAND_PHP — Indicates that an incorrect Mersenne Twister implementation will be used by the algorithm, when creating a Random\Engine\Mt19937 instance using Random\Engine\Mt19937::__construct or seeding the global Mersenne Twister with mt_srand.

PHP 5
PHP 7.0
PHP 7.1
Added
PHP 7.2-7.4
PHP 8.0-8.1
PHP 8.2
Changed
PHP 8.3
Deprecated
PHP 8.4
PHP 8.5
PHP 8.6
/** @deprecated Constant MT_RAND_PHP is deprecated since 8.3, as it uses a biased non-standard variant of Mt19937 */
MT_RAND_PHP = 1;

Changes to the MT_RAND_PHP Constant

PHP 8.3

  • Constant deprecated
var_dump(MT_RAND_PHP);
// 1
Constant MT_RAND_PHP is deprecated

PHP 8.2

  • Constant moved from standard extension to random extension

PHP 7.1

  • Constant added

MT_RAND_PHP Constant Availability

PHP VersionAvailability
PHP 8.6Upcoming Release Yes Deprecated
PHP 8.5Supported (Latest) Yes Deprecated
PHP 8.4Supported Yes Deprecated
PHP 8.3Security-Fixes Only Yes Deprecated
PHP 8.2Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 8.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.3Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.2Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.0Unsupported No
PHP 5.6Unsupported No
PHP 5.5Unsupported No
PHP 5.4Unsupported No
PHP 5.3Unsupported No