lcg_value

Function • Deprecated in PHP 8.4

Combined linear congruential generator.

PHP 5

PHP 7

Improved

PHP 8.1

Changed

PHP 8.3

Deprecated

PHP 8.5

PHP 8.6

`lcg_value` Function synopsis

#[\Deprecated]
lcg_value(): float

Parameters

lcg_value does not take any parameters.

Return value

Typefloat

A pseudo random float value between 0.0 and 1.0, inclusive.

Changes to the `lcg_value` Function

PHP 8.4

Function deprecated

PHP 8.2

Moved from standard extension to random extension

PHP 8.0

Return type added: float

- lcg_value()
+ lcg_value(): float

`lcg_value` Function Availability

PHP Version	Availability
PHP 8.6Upcoming Release	Yes Deprecated
PHP 8.5Supported (Latest)	Yes Deprecated
PHP 8.4Supported	Yes Deprecated
PHP 8.3Security-Fixes Only	Yes
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	Yes
PHP 5.6Unsupported	Yes
PHP 5.5Unsupported	Yes
PHP 5.4Unsupported	Yes
PHP 5.3Unsupported	Yes