PHP 4.0 Bug #7281 Updated: rand() gives range warnings over 15 bits

ID: 7281 Updated by: hholzgra Reported By: a.schommer@dialogmedien.de Status: Closed Bug Type: Math related Assigned To: Comments: this is system dependant , on Solaris 2.7 you have ./stdlib.h:#define RAND_MAX 32767 so that's it you can always use the PHP function getrandmax() to find out the max. difference between the min and max parameters for your system Previous Comments: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-10-17 11:26:31] a.schommer@dialogmedien.de rand() should work on int, which is about 2 billion. But i get Warning: rand(): Invalid range: 1000000..1032768 in /tmp/apa2/htdocs/admin/tst.php3 on line 1 For this code: <? print rand (1000000, 1032768); ?> (a result is given anyway) Not the size, but the difference seems to matter: If it exceeds 2^15-1, the warning comes up: <? print rand (1000000, 1032767); ?> produces only a result sizeof(int) really is 4. So i don't think it's my fault. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Full Bug description available at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=7281