[PHP-DOC] cvs: phpdoc /en/reference/math/functions rand.xml

[Sara Golemon]

pollita         Tue Aug 12 20:52:24 2003 EDT

  Modified files:              
    /phpdoc/en/reference/math/functions rand.xml 
  Log:
  Note re: RAND_MAX limitations
  
Index: phpdoc/en/reference/math/functions/rand.xml
diff -u phpdoc/en/reference/math/functions/rand.xml:1.5 
phpdoc/en/reference/math/functions/rand.xml:1.6
--- phpdoc/en/reference/math/functions/rand.xml:1.5     Fri May 30 15:48:38 2003
+++ phpdoc/en/reference/math/functions/rand.xml Tue Aug 12 20:52:24 2003
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.5 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.6 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/math.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.rand">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@
      between 5 and 15 (inclusive), for example, use <literal>rand (5,
      15)</literal>. 
     </simpara>
+
+    <note>
+     <simpara>
+      On some platforms (such as Windows) <constant>RAND_MAX</constant>
+      is only 32768.  If you require a range larger than 32768, consider
+      using <function>mt_rand</function> instead.
+     </simpara>
+    </note>
     
     &note.randomseed;
 



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