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Bug #33556 rand is not random !!!. Random number repeat every 32768 time .
Submitted: 2005-07-03 20:31 UTC Modified: 2005-07-03 20:46 UTC
From: toslava at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: *Math Functions
PHP Version: 5.0.4 OS: windows 2003
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2005-07-03 20:31 UTC] toslava at gmail dot com
Description:
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rand is not random !!!. Random number repeat every 32768 time     
  :-(((

 _ 0 _ 	 _ 8512030 _ 
 _ 1 _ 	 _ 5655227 _ 
 _ 2 _ 	 _ 6934082 _ 
 _ 3 _ 	 _ 2293270 _ 

.......
 _ 32768 _    _ 8512030 _ 
 _ 32769 _    _ 5655227 _ 
 _ 32770 _    _ 6934082 _ 
 _ 32771 _    _ 2293270 _ 
......

Reproduce code:
---------------
echo '<pre>';

for ($i=0; $i<160000; $i++) {
$ch01=rand(900000, 9999999);
echo " _ $i _ \t _ $ch01 _ \n"; }

Expected result:
----------------
..... 
  realy  random number !

Actual result:
--------------
 _ 0 _ 	 _ 8512030 _ 
 _ 1 _ 	 _ 5655227 _ 
 _ 2 _ 	 _ 6934082 _ 
 _ 3 _ 	 _ 2293270 _ 

.......
 _ 32768 _    _ 8512030 _ 
 _ 32769 _    _ 5655227 _ 
 _ 32770 _    _ 6934082 _ 
 _ 32771 _    _ 2293270 _ 
......

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 [2005-07-03 20:46 UTC] helly@php.net
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