gmp_random_bits

(PHP 5, PHP 7 >= 5.6.3)
Random number
GMP gmp_random_bits ( integer $bits )

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:
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.

Returns:

A random GMP number.

Examples:
gmp_random_bits() 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($rand1) . "\n";
echo gmp_strval($rand2) . "\n";
?>

The above example will output:

3
15
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2016-02-24 16:02:20
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