Re: multiple random items

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On Mon, 2007-07-16 at 15:40 +0100, chris@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi I have this script which pulls 1 random item from a txt file.
> How would I modify it to pull 10 random items.
> 
> <?php
> $delim = "\n"; 
> $quotefile = "names.txt"; 
> $fp = fopen($quotefile, "r"); 
> $contents = fread($fp, filesize($quotefile)); 
> $quote_arr = explode($delim,$contents); 
> fclose($fp); 

$herequotes = array();
for( $i = 0; $i < 10; $i++ )
{
> // generate random quote index 
> $quote_index = (mt_rand(1, sizeof($quote_arr)) - 1); 
> // get quote at $quote_index and return it 
> $herequote = $quote_arr[$quote_index]; 

$herequotes[] = $herequote;
}

> echo "<li><a href='http://www.$herequote'>$herequote</a></li>";
> ?>
> 
> Thanks

You're welcome.

Cheers,
Rob.
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