Re: Random array values from associative

At 12:40 18.03.2003, Awlad Hussain said: --------------------[snip]-------------------- >I have an associative like array["name"]="hello"; >I am trying to get two random values from the array, the key name and the >value, but using the codes below from the PHP manual i am getting the inex >key value rather than the name. > >$rand_keys = array_rand ($input, 2); >print $input[$rand_keys[0]]."\n"; >print $input[$rand_keys[1]]."\n"; > >so instead of getting two random values like key=name & value="hello" i am >getting key=0 and value=hello. --------------------[snip]-------------------- array_rand only operates on the "value side" of an array. To retrieve random keys from an associative array, use array_keys() of the assoc. array as input rather that the assoc. array itself: $rand_keys = array_rand (array_keys($input), 2); print $input[$rand_keys[0]]."\n"; print $input[$rand_keys[1]]."\n"; -- >O Ernest E. Vogelsinger (\) ICQ #13394035 ^ http://www.vogelsinger.at/