How to create a looping random number generator - php

Question

I need to create a looping random number generator so each loops pumps out a different set of random numbers.
e.g result would be:
9463216549
6541335466
6749746326
6546879994
Code I have so far is:
<?php
$limit1 = 10;
$counter1 = 1;
$limit2 = 4;
$counter2 = 1;
while ($counter2 <= $limit2) {
while ($counter1 <= $limit1) {
$rayndom = mt_rand(0,6);
$counter1++;
}
$counter2++;
}
?>

Answer 1

If you are using php version > 7 you can use inbuilt function random_int():
Generates cryptographically secure pseudo-random integers
Usage of random_int():
random_int(0, 1000); // 0 is min value and 1000 is max
random_int() is always safe alternative to rand() and mt_rand()
If you are using PHP version < 7.0 then you can take a look at userland implementation of random_int i.e. random_compat.

Answer 2

Here is the code hope this helps
<?php
$waves = array(
array(),
array(),
array(),
array()
);
foreach($waves as $wave) {
for($counter = 1; $counter <= 10; $counter++) {
$num = mt_rand(0,6);
array_push($wave, $num);
}
print_r($wave);
}
?>
Your array will look like this
Array
(
[0] => 0
[1] => 2
[2] => 1
[3] => 0
[4] => 2
[5] => 1
[6] => 2
[7] => 6
[8] => 5
[9] => 0
)
Array
(
[0] => 4
[1] => 2
[2] => 2
[3] => 5
[4] => 5
[5] => 5
[6] => 6
[7] => 0
[8] => 4
[9] => 2
)
Array
(
[0] => 5
[1] => 4
[2] => 2
[3] => 5
[4] => 4
[5] => 3
[6] => 0
[7] => 3
[8] => 5
[9] => 2
)
Array
(
[0] => 2
[1] => 1
[2] => 4
[3] => 5
[4] => 0
[5] => 2
[6] => 4
[7] => 4
[8] => 4
[9] => 6
)
each array will be one wave