[SOLVED] quicky about array_rand

[tomd79]

<?php


$names = $_POST['names'];

if ($names ==  NULL ) {
die("<div id='error'>No names were selected! <br /> Please select some names..</div>");
}

else

shuffle($names);

$selected = array_rand($names, 1);

echo "$selected"


?>

 

This displays the array number not the value.. what do I do to get the value i.e. the actual name?

 

 

Thanks

[DarkWater]

echo $names[$selected];

[tomd79]

:/ thanks!!

[DarkWater]

Any time.  For the record and future reference, array_rand returns the key of the value in the array that it "selects".  So you need to do what you want with the key.  In this case, you're just putting the key into the array to get the element.