[DOC-CVS] [doc-en] master: random: clarify that `getrandmax` was small only before PHP 7.1 (#4664)

Author: Takuya Aramaki (takaram)
Committer: GitHub (web-flow)
Pusher: TimWolla
Date: 2025-05-08T18:36:07+02:00

Commit: https://github.com/php/doc-en/commit/bf672f5f2402ee78264a130c52defeed37fe44bf
Raw diff: https://github.com/php/doc-en/commit/bf672f5f2402ee78264a130c52defeed37fe44bf.diff

random: clarify that `getrandmax` was small only before PHP 7.1 (#4664)

Since PHP 7.1 `getrandmax` is an alias of `mt_getrandmax`,
which returns 2**31 - 1

Changed paths:
  M  reference/random/functions/rand.xml


Diff:

diff --git a/reference/random/functions/rand.xml b/reference/random/functions/rand.xml
index e9d821b16211..9009f221f478 100644
--- a/reference/random/functions/rand.xml
+++ b/reference/random/functions/rand.xml
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
   &caution.cryptographically-insecure;
   <note>
    <simpara>
-    On some platforms (such as Windows), <function>getrandmax</function>
-    is only 32767.  If you require a range larger than 32767, specifying
+    Prior to PHP 7.1.0, <function>getrandmax</function> was only 32767 on some
+    platforms (such as Windows). If you require a range larger than 32767, specifying
     <parameter>min</parameter> and <parameter>max</parameter> will allow
     you to create a range larger than this, or consider using
     <function>mt_rand</function> instead.