seems to me that you have an array with integers as the keys. $desired_key = rand(0, count($array)); $desired_value = $array[$desired_key]; Cheers, Curtis Simon J Welsh wrote: > On 9/04/2011, at 3:39 PM, Scotty Logan wrote: > >> On Apr 8, 2011, at 8:20 PM, Kirk Bailey wrote: >>> in otherwords, the entire idea of picking one of N objects, whatever >>> they are- strings, numbers, gummybears, lined up in a listing, and >>> return the one item selected. This seems a common enough function there >>> should be a simple way to do it already in php. HOWEVER, I ain't >>> findin' it that way, no sir/maam/other. >>> Maybe I am missing the obvious SIMPLE way to get the job done. So if we >>> have a listing of foo's, we can title this $listing, and we want 1 of >>> them to be returned, we should see something like: >>> randmember($listing) >> >> array_rand() - it's already built-in - >> http://php.net/manual/en/function.array-rand.php >> >> Scotty > > Just note that array_rand() returns a random (or an array of random) > key(s), not the values. > --- > Simon Welsh > Admin of http://simon.geek.nz/ > > Who said Microsoft never created a bug-free program? The blue screen > never, ever crashes! > > http://www.thinkgeek.com/brain/gimme.cgi?wid=81d520e5e > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >
