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The technique described in the following article enables visiting each in a range of integers exactly once, but in perceptually random order. A reprint of this article appears in Graphics Gems: http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.06/06.12/SafeDissolve/ It's possible to cheaply permute the order of integers so produced with XOR et al. This may enable random shuffling of arrays with less guarantee of true randomness, but more guarantee that the output looks different from the input, which is probably what you want. The above technique belongs to the family of LFR (Linear Feedback Registers), which have a long history of providing "enough randomness" at very low cost. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.shuffle.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+41695 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+41695&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+41695&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php