What I'm trying to do ( but getting totally confused with ) is to make a code in PHP that executes a code based on a chance that's given in decimal numbers (10 decimals max) where as 1 would be 100% chance for the code to be executed. Here's what I tried but is not working properly:
<?php
/*
Rate to chance.
*/
//max 10 decimals
$rate = '0.010000000000'; //<-- should equal 1% chance
$chance = $rate*pow(10,10);
$random = mt_rand(0,pow(10,10));
if($random < $chance) {
echo "Ok."; //should be shown 1 out of 100 times in this example
}
?>
Why I want to make this work is because I'd like to have a code executed with a chance of smaller than 1% (e.g. 0.001%). My code ( above ) isn't working and I'm probably doing something pretty stupidly and totally wrong but I hope someone else can help me out because currently I'm totally confused.
Thanks in advance.
Best Regards, Skyfe.