Warn about using rand() and the seed functions

[ghost]

Using $faker with the seed functionality $faker->seed(1337) and PHP function rand() break seed:

<?php
require_once 'Faker-master/src/autoload.php';

$faker = Faker\Factory::create('en_AU');
$faker->seed(1337);

for ($i = 0; $i < 3; $i++) {
    print $faker->numberBetween(1, 10) . PHP_EOL;
    print $faker->realText(rand(10,20)) . PHP_EOL;
}

First run generate

8
I fell.
8
I did:.
8
Morcar,.

Second run generate

8
I fell off.
4
Queen, and.
10
.

Using $faker or mt_rand() is the key to avoid this problem

<?php
require_once 'Faker-master/src/autoload.php';

$faker = Faker\Factory::create('en_AU');
$faker->seed(1337);

for ($i = 0; $i < 3; $i++) {
    print $faker->numberBetween(1, 10) . PHP_EOL;
    //use faker instead of rand()
    print $faker->realText($faker->numberBetween(10,20)) . PHP_EOL;
}

First run

8
Pigeon; 'but.
6
This time there.
6
The Mouse looked.

Second run

8
Pigeon; 'but.
6
This time there.
6
The Mouse looked.

[fzaninotto]

I think the examples are too long. You should reduce them to two lines:

• one call to seed()
• one call to the formatter

without the for loop, which is not necessary.

[fzaninotto]

Thanks