(PHP 3>= 3.0.8, PHP 4 , PHP 5)
shuffle -- Shuffle an array
Description
bool
shuffle ( array &array )
This function shuffles (randomizes the order of the elements in) an array.
Example 1. shuffle() example
<?php
$numbers = range(1, 20);
srand((float)microtime() * 1000000);
shuffle($numbers);
while (list(, $number) = each($numbers)) {
echo "$number ";
}
?> |
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Note: As of PHP 4.2.0, there is no need to seed the random number generator with srand() or mt_srand() as this is now done automatically.
See also arsort(), asort(), ksort(), rsort(), sort(), and usort().
