Doc #74520 [Ver->Csd]: rand() - min/max documentation mismatch

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74520&edit=1 ID: 74520 Updated by: peehaa@php.net Reported by: molnarriso at gmail dot com Summary: rand() - min/max documentation mismatch -Status: Verified +Status: Closed Type: Documentation Problem Package: Documentation problem PHP Version: Irrelevant -Assigned To: +Assigned To: peehaa Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: The fix for this bug has been committed. Snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change will be in the next snapshot. You can grab the snapshot at http://snaps.php.net/. For Windows: http://windows.php.net/snapshots/ Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2017-05-01 15:13:21] kelunik@php.net If you want to, you can directly contribute a fix by using https://edit.php.net/. :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2017-05-01 14:52:27] molnarriso at gmail dot com 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 this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74520&edit=1