note 87657 modified in function.array-rand by danbrown

From: Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:37:18 +0000
Subject: note 87657 modified in function.array-rand by danbrown
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<?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 $result; } ?> --was-- <?php // a foreach friendly version of array_rand function Select_Random_Indices($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; } ?> http://php.net/manual/en/function.array-rand.php

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