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Re: Random function [message #180551 is a reply to message #180544]

Mon, 25 February 2013 22:42

Salvatore
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On 2013-02-25, sonnichjensen(at)gmail(dot)com <sonnichjensen(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> I use the rand function to get 10 items of 1808 current itemes.

If you want ten random items from an array, you could try the following:

<?php
// This is the big array you're pulling something out of.
$lotsOfItems = array( /* ... */ );

// This is the empty array that will eventually contain the ten random
// items.
$tenRandomItems = array();

// Generate a range of numbers between 0 and the number of items minus
// one.
$range = range(0, count($lotsOfItems) - 1);

// Shuffle the array of numbers.
shuffle($range);

while (count($tenRandomItems) < 10) {
$randomOffset = array_shift($range);
$tenRandomItems []= $lotsOfItems[$randomOffset];
}
?>

Using this code, you will never, ever have a duplicate item. However, it
will be far more computationally expensive than using rand() or
mt_rand().

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