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Bug #53873 Bug in rand()
Submitted: 2011-01-28 22:26 UTC Modified: 2011-01-28 22:36 UTC
From: noel_fb at hotmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: *General Issues
PHP Version: 5.3.5 OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2011-01-28 22:26 UTC] noel_fb at hotmail dot com 
Description:
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$codigo = rand(100,4294967295);
El valor de $CODIGO fue: 81
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$codigo = rand(100,4294967295);
the value of $CODIGO is: 81

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From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.rand#Descripción
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Test script:
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$codigo = rand(100,4294967295);
El valor de $CODIGO fue: 81
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$codigo = rand(100,4294967295);
the value of $CODIGO is: 81

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 [2011-01-28 22:36 UTC] felipe@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Bogus
 [2011-01-28 22:36 UTC] felipe@php.net 
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php

This is because the 4294967295 is converted to long, hence...
var_dump((int)4294967295); // int(-1)
 
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