getrandmax

Function • Misc changes in PHP 8.2

Show largest possible random value.

PHP 5

PHP 7

Improved

PHP 8.1

Changed

PHP 8.3

PHP 8.4

PHP 8.5

PHP 8.6

`getrandmax` Function synopsis

getrandmax(): int

Parameters

getrandmax does not take any parameters.

Return value

Typeint

The largest possible random value returned by rand

Changes to the `getrandmax` Function

PHP 8.2

Moved from standard extension to random extension

PHP 8.0

Return type added: int

- getrandmax()
+ getrandmax(): int

`getrandmax` Function Availability

PHP Version	Availability
PHP 8.6Upcoming Release	Yes
PHP 8.5Supported (Latest)	Yes
PHP 8.4Supported	Yes
PHP 8.3Security-Fixes Only	Yes
PHP 8.2Security-Fixes Only	Yes
PHP 8.1Unsupported	Yes
PHP 8.0Unsupported	Yes
PHP 7.4Unsupported	Yes
PHP 7.3Unsupported	Yes
PHP 7.2Unsupported	Yes
PHP 7.1Unsupported	Yes
PHP 7.0Unsupported	Yes
PHP 5.6Unsupported	Yes
PHP 5.5Unsupported	Yes
PHP 5.4Unsupported	Yes
PHP 5.3Unsupported	Yes