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Doc Bug #27032 php.net/rand reads 'value', returns an integer
Submitted: 2004-01-24 18:41 UTC Modified: 2004-01-25 06:10 UTC
From: trhaynes at hotmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS: N/A
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2004-01-24 18:41 UTC] trhaynes at hotmail dot com 
Description:
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php.net/rand reads:

"If called without the optional min, max arguments rand() returns a pseudo-random value between 0 and RAND_MAX. If you want a random number between 5 and 15 (inclusive), for example, use rand (5, 15)."

However, from "int rand ( [int min, int max])" and the example given, I'm assuming that it does not give a *value*, but, more specifically, an *integer*.  Perhaps the description should be changed.

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 [2004-01-25 06:10 UTC] nlopess@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the
online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time
to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient.

Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better.
 [2020-02-07 06:12 UTC] phpdocbot@php.net 
Automatic comment on behalf of nlopess
Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=doc/en.git;a=commit;h=2fe85c879ae46888d0a7bc6315f9c51f2643da51
Log: fix #27032
 
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