From: Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Force seeding to srand different numbers still gives the same random number
Description: ------------ srand( 822276816 ); $a = rand(123456, 987654); echo $a; echo "\n"; echo '822276816'; echo "\n"; srand( 561490788 ); $a = rand(123456, 987654); echo $a; echo "\n"; echo '561490788'; echo "\n"; Test script: --------------- <?php srand( 822276816 ); $a = rand(123456, 987654); echo $a; echo "\n"; echo '822276816'; echo "\n"; srand( 561490788 ); $a = rand(123456, 987654); echo $a; echo "\n"; echo '561490788'; echo "\n"; ?> Expected result: ---------------- Since I'm seeding to srand different integers, it should echo two different random numbers. Actual result: -------------- It echos the same numbers even when seeding to srand two different integers -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60786&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60786&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60786&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60786&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60786&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60786&r=needdocs Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60786&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60786&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60786&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60786&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60786&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60786&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60786&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60786&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60786&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60786&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60786&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60786&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60786&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60786&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60786&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60786&r=mysqlcfg
