Re: Predictable-random array

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Dotan Cohen wrote:
I've got an array $items which has about 200 entires. I want to print
them out in random order, but as usual, I have a catch! I need to add
a 'key' so that if need be, I can always return to the same 'random'
order, like so:

$items=predicatable_random($items, "qwerty");


Try using multi-dimensional arrays, something like:

<?php

$items = array(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10);

for($i = 1, $random[0] = $items, shuffle($random[0]); $i < 10; $i++) {
  /* Initialize each pass with previous array, then randomize */
  $random[$i] = $items;
  shuffle($random[$i]);
}

$selected = rand(0,10);

echo "There are a total of " . count($random) . " randomly sorted arrays. Here are the randomly shuffled numbers for array number $selected.\n";

/* Now you can access each random array */
print_r($random[$selected]);

?>



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