On 9 April 2011 15:43, Curtis Maurand <curtis@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Curtis Maurand wrote: >> >> >> >> seems to > me that you have an array with integers as the keys. >> >> > $desired_key = rand(0, count($array)); > > sorry, I hadn't had > coffee, yet. The line above should be: > > $desired_key = rand(0, count($array) - 1); > >> >> $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 >>>> >>>> ÂScotty >>> >>> 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 >>> >>> >> > $value = $aray[array_rand($array, 1)]; php -r "echo $_ENV[array_rand($_ENV,1)];" returns a random environment variable. -- Richard Quadling Twitter : EE : Zend @RQuadling : e-e.com/M_248814.html : bit.ly/9O8vFY -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
