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Bug #74530 Wrong note for rand()
Submitted: 2017-05-02 11:28 UTC Modified: 2017-05-02 11:37 UTC
From: olafvdspek at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Duplicate Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS: *
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2017-05-02 11:28 UTC] olafvdspek at gmail dot com 
Description:
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> Note: As of PHP 7.1.0, rand() uses the same random number generator as mt_rand(). To preserve backwards compatibility rand() allows min to be smaller than max as opposed to returning FALSE as mt_rand().

I assume it's supposed to say "allows min to be larger than max"..

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 [2017-05-02 11:37 UTC] kelunik@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Duplicate
 [2017-05-02 11:37 UTC] kelunik@php.net 
Duplicate of https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74520 and already fixed.
 
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