php man page for gmp_random_bits

Query: gmp_random_bits

OS: php

Section: 3

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GMP_RANDOM_BITS(3)							 1							GMP_RANDOM_BITS(3)

gmp_random_bits - Random number

SYNOPSIS
GMP gmp_random_bits (integer $bits)
DESCRIPTION
Generate a random number. The number will be between 0 and (2 ** $bits) - 1. $bits must greater than 0, and the maximum value is restricted by available memory.
PARAMETERS
o $bits - The number of bits. Either a GMP number resource in PHP 5.5 and earlier, a GMP object in PHP 5.6 and later, or a numeric string provided that it is possible to convert the latter to a number.
RETURN VALUES
A random GMP number.
EXAMPLES
Example #1 gmp_random_bits(3) example <?php $rand1 = gmp_random_bits(3); // random number from 0 to 7 $rand2 = gmp_random_bits(5); // random number from 0 to 31 echo gmp_strval($rand1) . " "; echo gmp_strval($rand2) . " "; ?> The above example will output: 3 15 PHP Documentation Group GMP_RANDOM_BITS(3)
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