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Bug #1857 rand() produces values outside a specified range
Submitted: 1999-07-23 19:56 UTC Modified: 1999-07-23 22:31 UTC
From: andrew at walcat dot ac dot uk Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Misbehaving function
PHP Version: 4.0 Beta 1 OS: RH6
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [1999-07-23 19:56 UTC] andrew at walcat dot ac dot uk 
Hello,

This error seems to be exactly like the one present in 3.0.6, rand() generates values outside the given range. I have run the following code many times and get numbers well above 122, and numbers below 97 too.

<?
srand((double)microtime()*1000000);
$rand = rand(97,122);
echo($rand);
?>

Regards,
Andy Pitt.

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 [1999-07-23 22:31 UTC] rasmus at cvs dot php dot net 
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