<?php 
 
if (!is_callable('random_int')) { 
    /** 
     * Random_* Compatibility Library 
     * for using the new PHP 7 random_* API in PHP 5 projects 
     * 
     * The MIT License (MIT) 
     * 
     * Copyright (c) 2015 - 2017 Paragon Initiative Enterprises 
     * 
     * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy 
     * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal 
     * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights 
     * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell 
     * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is 
     * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: 
     * 
     * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in 
     * all copies or substantial portions of the Software. 
     * 
     * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR 
     * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, 
     * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE 
     * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER 
     * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, 
     * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE 
     * SOFTWARE. 
     */ 
 
    /** 
     * Fetch a random integer between $min and $max inclusive 
     * 
     * @param int $min 
     * @param int $max 
     * 
     * @throws Exception 
     * 
     * @return int 
     */ 
    function random_int($min, $max) 
    { 
        /** 
         * Type and input logic checks 
         * 
         * If you pass it a float in the range (~PHP_INT_MAX, PHP_INT_MAX) 
         * (non-inclusive), it will sanely cast it to an int. If you it's equal to 
         * ~PHP_INT_MAX or PHP_INT_MAX, we let it fail as not an integer. Floats 
         * lose precision, so the <= and => operators might accidentally let a float 
         * through. 
         */ 
 
        try { 
            $min = RandomCompat_intval($min); 
        } catch (TypeError $ex) { 
            throw new TypeError( 
                'random_int(): $min must be an integer' 
            ); 
        } 
 
        try { 
            $max = RandomCompat_intval($max); 
        } catch (TypeError $ex) { 
            throw new TypeError( 
                'random_int(): $max must be an integer' 
            ); 
        } 
 
        /** 
         * Now that we've verified our weak typing system has given us an integer, 
         * let's validate the logic then we can move forward with generating random 
         * integers along a given range. 
         */ 
        if ($min > $max) { 
            throw new Error( 
                'Minimum value must be less than or equal to the maximum value' 
            ); 
        } 
 
        if ($max === $min) { 
            return $min; 
        } 
 
        /** 
         * Initialize variables to 0 
         * 
         * We want to store: 
         * $bytes => the number of random bytes we need 
         * $mask => an integer bitmask (for use with the &) operator 
         *          so we can minimize the number of discards 
         */ 
        $attempts = $bits = $bytes = $mask = $valueShift = 0; 
 
        /** 
         * At this point, $range is a positive number greater than 0. It might 
         * overflow, however, if $max - $min > PHP_INT_MAX. PHP will cast it to 
         * a float and we will lose some precision. 
         */ 
        $range = $max - $min; 
 
        /** 
         * Test for integer overflow: 
         */ 
        if (!is_int($range)) { 
 
            /** 
             * Still safely calculate wider ranges. 
             * Provided by @CodesInChaos, @oittaa 
             * 
             * @ref https://gist.github.com/CodesInChaos/03f9ea0b58e8b2b8d435 
             * 
             * We use ~0 as a mask in this case because it generates all 1s 
             * 
             * @ref https://eval.in/400356 (32-bit) 
             * @ref http://3v4l.org/XX9r5  (64-bit) 
             */ 
            $bytes = PHP_INT_SIZE; 
            $mask = ~0; 
 
        } else { 
 
            /** 
             * $bits is effectively ceil(log($range, 2)) without dealing with 
             * type juggling 
             */ 
            while ($range > 0) { 
                if ($bits % 8 === 0) { 
                    ++$bytes; 
                } 
                ++$bits; 
                $range >>= 1; 
                $mask = $mask << 1 | 1; 
            } 
            $valueShift = $min; 
        } 
 
        $val = 0; 
        /** 
         * Now that we have our parameters set up, let's begin generating 
         * random integers until one falls between $min and $max 
         */ 
        do { 
            /** 
             * The rejection probability is at most 0.5, so this corresponds 
             * to a failure probability of 2^-128 for a working RNG 
             */ 
            if ($attempts > 128) { 
                throw new Exception( 
                    'random_int: RNG is broken - too many rejections' 
                ); 
            } 
 
            /** 
             * Let's grab the necessary number of random bytes 
             */ 
            $randomByteString = random_bytes($bytes); 
 
            /** 
             * Let's turn $randomByteString into an integer 
             * 
             * This uses bitwise operators (<< and |) to build an integer 
             * out of the values extracted from ord() 
             * 
             * Example: [9F] | [6D] | [32] | [0C] => 
             *   159 + 27904 + 3276800 + 201326592 => 
             *   204631455 
             */ 
            $val &= 0; 
            for ($i = 0; $i < $bytes; ++$i) { 
                $val |= ord($randomByteString[$i]) << ($i * 8); 
            } 
 
            /** 
             * Apply mask 
             */ 
            $val &= $mask; 
            $val += $valueShift; 
 
            ++$attempts; 
            /** 
             * If $val overflows to a floating point number, 
             * ... or is larger than $max, 
             * ... or smaller than $min, 
             * then try again. 
             */ 
        } while (!is_int($val) || $val > $max || $val < $min); 
 
        return (int)$val; 
    } 
} 
 
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