Recursion to generate random numbers within range with no duplicate

random_numbers.php

/** generate an array of random
 *  numbers within given range
**/

function generateRandom($end, $total, $start = 0, $numbers = [])
{
    if(count($numbers) == $total) {
        return $numbers;
    }
    $number = rand($start, $end);

    if(!in_array($number, $numbers)) {
        $numbers[] = $number;

    }
    return generateRandom($end, $total, $start, $numbers);
}

generateRandom(50, 7, 11);