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Doc Bug #74520 rand() - min/max documentation mismatch
Submitted: 2017-05-01 14:52 UTC Modified: 2017-05-02 07:17 UTC
From: molnarriso at gmail dot com Assigned: peehaa (profile)
Status: Closed Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS:
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2017-05-01 14:52 UTC] molnarriso at gmail dot com 
Description:
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From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.rand
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In second note box:

"...To preserve backwards compatibility rand() allows min to be smaller than max as opposed to returning FALSE as mt_rand()..."

This should actually be "...allows MAX to be smaller than MIN..." 

Expected result:
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...To preserve backwards compatibility rand() allows max to be smaller than min as opposed to returning FALSE as mt_rand()...

Actual result:
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...To preserve backwards compatibility rand() allows min to be smaller than max as opposed to returning FALSE as mt_rand()...

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 [2017-05-01 15:13 UTC] kelunik@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Verified
 [2017-05-01 15:13 UTC] kelunik@php.net 
If you want to, you can directly contribute a fix by using https://edit.php.net/. :-)
 [2017-05-02 07:17 UTC] peehaa@php.net
-Status: Verified +Status: Closed -Assigned To: +Assigned To: peehaa
 [2017-05-02 07:17 UTC] peehaa@php.net 
The fix for this bug has been committed.

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