From: alisovoi at hotmail dot com Operating system: Linux Redhat 9 PHP version: 4.3.4 PHP Bug Type: Reproducible crash Bug description: array_rand() not random
Description: ------------ $array[array_rand($array)] is always the same element of the array. The server uses php.ini-recommended for the configuration. (In PHP 4.3.2, this problem is non-existant. PHP 4.3.4 has this bug) Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $random_sayings = array('Hey, this is not','randomly chosen','elements from an array'); echo($random_sayings[array_rand($random_sayings)]); ?> Expected result: ---------------- Either one of the 3 elements of the array. Actual result: -------------- The same element no matter how many times the user refreshes. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=26290&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26290&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26290&r=trysnapshot5 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26290&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26290&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26290&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26290&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26290&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26290&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26290&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26290&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26290&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26290&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26290&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26290&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26290&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26290&r=float