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Bug #8293 rand function failure
Submitted: 2000-12-16 10:20 UTC Modified: 2000-12-18 06:00 UTC
From: edasx at worldoffreegames dot com Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Unknown/Other Function
PHP Version: 4.0.3pl1 OS: Win32 - Win98SE
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2000-12-16 10:20 UTC] edasx at worldoffreegames dot com 
srand((double)microtime()*1000000);
$rndnum = rand(1, 100000);

this fails, with invalid range error.

the range of
$rndnum = rand(1, 32530);
does not fail and around 34000 fails, so there's probably incorrect type (integer) that's too small.

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 [2000-12-18 06:00 UTC] hholzgra@php.net 
the maximum range for rand() is platform-dependant,
use getrandmax() to see what it is for your system

or use mt_rand() if you want to have platform independant
randomness
 
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