ID: 45301
Updated by: jani@php.net
Reported By: payton2558 at googlemail dot com
-Status: Open
+Status: Assigned
Bug Type: Math related
Operating System: win32 only
PHP Version: 5.2.6
-Assigned To:
+Assigned To: pajoye
Previous Comments:
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[2008-07-02 11:47:39] jani@php.net
See also bug #45302
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[2008-06-18 21:26:39] pajoye@php.net
> What about merging a patch that circulated in @internals that made> rand() and alias to mt_rand() and be done with this ?
Because it may not fix the problem? (see the other report today and two
weeks ago).
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[2008-06-18 21:04:23] crrodriguez at suse dot de
What about merging a patch that circulated in @internals that made
rand() and alias to mt_rand() and be done with this ?
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[2008-06-18 19:40:10] payton2558 at googlemail dot com
Here's the shortest version. Try varying the array_fill num parameter.
Lower numbers appear to increase the randomness.
Appears problem is array_rand interfering with the random seed but
please investigate further than that as I'm certain I experienced this
problem before ever using array_rand (rand(0,count($a)-1) works in its
place and doesn't trigger bug in this example).
<?php
$a = array_fill(0, 100000, "word");
for ($i=0; $i<20; $i++) {
array_rand($a);
echo rand(1,9999)."\n";
}
?>
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[2008-06-18 18:06:09] sv4php at fmethod dot com
Confirmed on Apache 2.2, Windows XP SP2 with PHP 5.2.6.
Confirmed also without building files (just building the array directly
in a loop).
Requires Windows, doesn't seem to affect mt_rand();
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