#28361 [NEW]: srand necessary for MCRYPT_RAND from PHP 4.2.0+?

From: php-contrib at i-ps dot net Operating system: All PHP version: 4.3.6 PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: srand necessary for MCRYPT_RAND from PHP 4.2.0+? Description: ------------ It is stated in the documentation that you no longer need to seed the random generator from PHP 4.2.0 onwards. In mcrypt_create_iv it states that you must call srand() before using MCRYPT_RAND. Is this necessary with versions 4.2.0 onwards? If it is, then it is not clear in the documentation that this is in exception of the above statement. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=28361&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28361&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28361&r=trysnapshot5 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28361&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28361&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28361&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28361&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28361&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28361&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28361&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28361&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28361&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28361&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28361&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28361&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28361&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28361&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28361&r=float