Re: Using rand() for 10 digit numbers????
| From: | Robert Cummings | Date: | Fri, 05 Sep 2003 16:55:33 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Using rand() for 10 digit numbers???? | ||
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It probably wraps the standard C rand() function which only takes an
unsigned integer which is usually 16 bits.
Cheers,
Rob.
On Fri, 2003-09-05 at 12:34, Scott Fletcher wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I looked at the rand() at php.net which spoke about min and max random
> number. So, I use rand(0,9999999999) to get a 10 digit random number but it
> only return an 1 digit random number that is displayed at '0'. So, I tried
> rand(0,9999) with 4 digit random number and got the random number. So, why
> does it not work with 10 digit numbers?
>
> Scott F.
>
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