Re: shuffling an array (array generated from records in a database)

On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 16:18:06 -0500, Ongkiko, Richard M <ongkiko@uthscsa.edu> wrote: > I am trying to implement some sort of a shuffle. What I am trying to do is a random shuffling > of an array whose contents were records from a database. I am basically trying to > shuffle/randomize, questions, so that different users will have different versions of questions in > an exam, whose questions were extracted from a pool in a database, and shuffled. Can anybody out > there help me out? Coding needed in PHP... thanks. I'd do it in the SQL: select * from table order by rand(); Otherwise PHP's shuffle() function may help you. -- Greg Donald http://gdconsultants.com/ http://destiney.com/