euromillion_gen.php

euromillion_gen.php

<?php

// or how to explain to compulsive gamer that ... random is ... not that random ...

$number_of_generation = isset($_GET['nb']) ? (int) $_GET['nb'] : 2;
header('Content-Type: text/plain');
for ($iteration = 0; $iteration < $number_of_generation ; $iteration++) {
	echo implode(' - ', getUniqueNumberSequence(5, 1, 50));
	echo ' * ';
	echo implode(' - ', getUniqueNumberSequence(2, 1, 11));
	echo PHP_EOL;

}

function getUniqueNumberSequence($count,$min,$max) {
	$numbers = array();
        for ($iteration_number = 0; $iteration_number < $count; $iteration_number++) {
                $number = rand($min,$max);
                if(in_array($number,$numbers)) {
                        //decrement counter, we already have that number
                        $iteration_number--;
                } else {
                        $numbers[] = $number;
                }

        }
	natsort($numbers);
	return $numbers;
}