Doc #74520 [NEW]: rand() - min/max documentation mismatch

From: molnarriso at gmail dot com Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Documentation problem Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:rand() - min/max documentation mismatch Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.rand --- 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: ---------------- ...To preserve backwards compatibility rand() allows max to be smaller than min as opposed to returning FALSE as mt_rand()... Actual result: -------------- ...To preserve backwards compatibility rand() allows min to be smaller than max as opposed to returning FALSE as mt_rand()... -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74520&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74520&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74520&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74520&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74520&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74520&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74520&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74520&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74520&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74520&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74520&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74520&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74520&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74520&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74520&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74520&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74520&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74520&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74520&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74520&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74520&r=mysqlcfg