note 26902 deleted from function.array-rand by sniper

Note Submitter: seaATuniversalmetropolis.com ---- Posting this again, don't know where the original wound up - A much simpler way to pick a random entry out of an array. // place your required values in an array $colours = array("green","red","orange","blue","peach"); // pick a random value from the array (minus one because your range in the array starts at 0 rather than 1) $colours = $colours[rand(0,count($colours)-1)]; // verify print $colours; Remember to seed the random generator with srand() at the beginning of your script.