The following script provides the following output. I am running PHP Version 5.5.12 with Apache/2.2.15 (CentOS) on i386 server. Note I run the same script on my almost identical server which is x86_64, and I don't experience the error.
<?php
$id=mt_rand ( 1 , 4294967295);
?>
Warning: mt_rand(): max(-1) is smaller than min(1) in /var/www/html/testing/mt_rand.php on line 2
What causes this error, and how do I fix it?
分享 You happen to use a value that is bigger than the integer maximum. As read in What is the maximum value for a int32?, this value is 2,147,483,647.
From PHP.net in mt_rand():
Description
int mt_rand ( void )
int mt_rand ( int $min , int $max )
Return Values
A random integer value between min (or 0) and max (or mt_getrandmax(), inclusive), or FALSE if max is less than min.
From the PHP manual:
The size of an integer is platform-dependent, although a maximum value of about two billion is the usual value (that's 32 bits signed). PHP does not support unsigned integers. Integer size can be determined using the constant PHP_INT_SIZE, and maximum value using the constant PHP_INT_MAX since PHP 4.4.0 and PHP 5.0.5.
Your script fails on 32 bits systems because you are providing a value which is ~4 billion, while the maximum is ~2 billion. A workaround can be to change PHP_INT_MAX.
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