note 86949 added to function.shuffle

Here is IMO the simplest and extremely fast way to shuffle an associative array AND keep the key=>value relationship. However, it ONLY works if there are NO NUMERIC keys AT ALL. Look into array_merge for the reason why. <?php $unshuffled = array('one'=>1,'two'=>2,'three'=>3); $shuffled = array_merge( array_flip(array_rand($unshuffled,count($unshuffled))),$unshuffled ); ?> peace ---- Server IP: 208.69.120.35 Probable Submitter: 66.173.76.218 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.shuffle.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/86949 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86949/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86949/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86949/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86949/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86949/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86949/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86949 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/86949 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php