Re: shuffle
| From: | Torsten Roehr | Date: | Wed, 14 Jul 2004 19:53:26 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: shuffle | ||
| References: | 1 2 | Groups: | php.general |
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"Edward Peloke" <epeloke@echoman.com> wrote in message
news:NKEFLLFBJFIKEGAGKPCAMEEIDIAA.epeloke@echoman.com...
> it is strange...
>
> if I do this:
>
> function nextRecord(){
> $this->record=@mysql_fetch_array($this->queryID);
> $test=$this->record;
> echo $test;
>
> $status=is_array($this->record);
> return ($status);
> }
>
> "Array" is echoed for $test so I know it is an array but if I add this:
>
> shuffle($test);
>
> I get the warning that shuffle() expects parameter 1 to be an array,
boolean
> given.
Have you tried shuffling in MySQL?:
SELECT * FROM table ORDER BY RAND()
Regards, Torsten