RE: [PHP] random array sort

From what I understand about array_rand() and the example in the manual, it does only pull one of each element of the array. You could easily set up a script to compare what it is pulling to what the array you putting it into currently has in it if it didn't. -Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: David Rice [mailto:davidarice@mac.com] > Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 10:49 AM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] random array sort > > > But if array_rand() truly pulls out random keys, how do you guarantee > that you are not randomly pulling out the same key as you iterate > through the array? > > Perhaps you could set the number of keys to return, to the size of the > array, and somehow, magically, all the keys would be included in the > returned array of keys. > i.e. array_rand ( array , array_size) > I have no idea what this would produce... > -David > > On Tuesday, September 10, 2002, at 10:33 AM, Mike At Spy wrote: > > > > > You could use array_rand() to take stuff out of the array at random and > > then > > stuff it all back into another array. > > > > -Mike > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: ROBERT MCPEAK [mailto:RMCPEAK@jhuccp.org] > >> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 10:22 AM > >> To: php-general@lists.php.net > >> Subject: [PHP] random array sort > >> > >> > >> Could someone show me a quick and simple way to randomly sort array > >> elements? I can't seem to pinpoint the correct parameters in the docs. > >> > >> Thanks! > >> > >> -- > >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >