rand() is weak on some OSes as it only produces random numbers from -32766 to

[quix0rs-gnu-social.git] / lib / noticeform.php

diff --git a/lib/noticeform.php b/lib/noticeform.php
index e241b5812c6af7b0ab73ea459b2d610921f0c655..81b39d220320118edfe697fd437ff5d422199e8a 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/noticeform.php
+++ b/lib/noticeform.php
@@ -103,7 +103,9 @@ class NoticeForm extends Form
         // Do we have to worry about sub-second race conditions?
         // XXX: Needs to be above the parent::__construct() call...?
 
-        $this->id_suffix = rand();
+        // When creating a notice form we don't want to collide with
+        // possibly existing HTML elements, as naming conventions are similar.
+        $this->id_suffix = mt_rand();
 
         parent::__construct($action);