note 87657 modified in function.array-rand by danbrown

<?php // a foreach friendly version of array_rand function Select_Random_Indices($source_array, $count = 1) { if($count >= 0) { if($count == 1) { $result = array(array_rand($source_array, $count)); } else { $result = array_rand($source_array, $count); } } else { $result = array(); } return $result; } // using the above function to pick random values instead of entries function Select_Random_Entries($source_array, $count = 1) { $result = array(); $index_array = Select_Random_Indices($source_array, $count); foreach($index_array as $index) { $result[$index] = $source_array[$index]; } return $result; } ?> --was-- // a foreach friendly version of array_rand function Select_Random_Indices($source_array, $count = 1) { if($count >= 0) { if($count == 1) { $result = array(array_rand($source_array, $count)); } else { $result = array_rand($source_array, $count); } } else { $result = array(); } return $result; } // using the above function to pick random values instead of entries function Select_Random_Entries($source_array, $count = 1) { $result = array(); $index_array = Select_Random_Indices($source_array, $count); foreach($index_array as $index) { $result[$index] = $source_array[$index]; } return $result; } http://php.net/manual/en/function.array-rand.php