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Bug #23493 RAND() Not producing a random number.
Submitted: 2003-05-05 09:26 UTC Modified: 2003-05-05 12:48 UTC
From: david at buro9 dot com Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Math related
PHP Version: 4.3.1 OS: RedHat 7.3
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2003-05-05 09:26 UTC] david at buro9 dot com 
When I try and use RAND() to produce a random number, I only ever get back the lowest whole integer.

e.g.
<?
echo rand(0,9);
?>

This will ALWAYS echo the number '0'.

I am willing to accept this may be a quirk in my system, but for the life of me I have no pointers as to where :)

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 [2003-05-05 12:48 UTC] david at buro9 dot com 
Just got my host to recompile PHP and now it's working and I can't reproduce the error.

Seems like it was just a quirk of a build. Sorry for bothering you all :)
 
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