function sleep accept negative value

Bug #36458	function sleep accept negative value
Submitted:	2006-02-20 04:24 UTC	Modified:	2006-02-21 16:35 UTC
From:	quick_defect at yahoo dot com	Assigned:
Status:	Closed	Package:	Unknown/Other Function
PHP Version:	5.1.2	OS:	redhat
Private report:	No	CVE-ID:	None

[2006-02-20 04:24 UTC] quick_defect at yahoo dot com

Description:
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First,if given negative value, I have to interrupt the execution of scripts because it sleep for very long time.(I did not exactly know how long)
Second,if given a int which cause overflow, it also do not work very well.

Reproduce code:
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sleep(-1);
$max=mt_getrandmax();
$of=-$max-2;
sleep($of);

Expected result:
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exception or turn it to a legal value

Actual result:
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sleep for a very long time

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[2006-02-21 09:14 UTC] quick_defect at yahoo dot com

Nothing diffrent...the same as before

[2006-02-21 09:19 UTC] quick_defect at yahoo dot com

But I see that the behavior of function usleep reasonable this time: warning messages are given and exit endless sleep.But why function sleep remains? PLS fix it.

[2006-02-21 16:35 UTC] iliaa@php.net

This bug has been fixed in CVS.

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