note 87657 deleted from function.array-rand by cmb
| From: | cmb@php.net | Date: | Sun, 18 Oct 2020 11:02:03 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 87657 deleted from function.array-rand by cmb | ||
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Note Submitter: admin at jeremyzaretski dot com
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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;
}
?>