array_rand
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
array_rand — Pick one or more random entries out of an array
Description
array_rand() is rather useful when you want to pick one or more random entries out of an array. It takes an input array and an optional argument num_req which specifies how many entries you want to pick - if not specified, it defaults to 1.
If you are picking only one entry, array_rand() returns the key for a random entry. Otherwise, it returns an array of keys for the random entries. This is done so that you can pick random keys as well as values out of the array.
Notă: Începând cu PHP 4.2.0 nu este nevoie de a însămânţa generatorul de numere aleatoare prin intermediul srand() sau mt_srand(), deoarece aceasta se efectuează în mod automat.
Example#1 array_rand() example
<?php
srand((float) microtime() * 10000000);
$input = array("Neo", "Morpheus", "Trinity", "Cypher", "Tank");
$rand_keys = array_rand($input, 2);
echo $input[$rand_keys[0]] . "\n";
echo $input[$rand_keys[1]] . "\n";
?>
See also shuffle().