PHP Shuffle Array

[ksimpkins]

I am new to PHP and I was trying to create an array and have it shuffle some write content.

 

The website address is http://www.travelvi.com/template/us-vir ... dings.html -- I am trying shuffle ads randomly

 

please help me with this..

 

<?php

$ads = array (WriteContent('ad-stt-weddings-elisha-orin-photography'), WriteContent('ad-stt-weddings-brandi-mays-videographer'));

shuffle($ads);

?>

[eli312]

<?php

$ads = array (WriteContent('ad-stt-weddings-elisha-orin-photography'), WriteContent('ad-stt-weddings-brandi-mays-videographer'));

shuffle($ads);

?>

 

Take alook at this http://php.net/manual/en/function.shuffle.php.

 

So your code should be something like this:

<?php
$numbers = range(1, 20);
shuffle($numbers);
foreach ($numbers as $number) {
    echo "$number ";
}
?>

 

[teamatomic]

Your code works as you think it should. You create an array then shuffle it.

 

What is your exact problem or error

 

 

HTH

Teamatomic

[lovelyvik293]

use

foreach($ads as $ads)
echo $ads;

To echo the code after shuffle function.

[ksimpkins]

Sorry everyone..  This is what I am trying to do.. but I would like to only write a certain number from the array.. for example.. if I had 20 items in the array, but I would want it to randomly pick 5 of the them and display them.

 

Any thoughts?

 

<?php

$ads = array (

    'ad-stt-weddings-elisha-orin-photography',

    'ad-stt-weddings-brandi-mays-videographer',

    'ad-stt-weddings-sugar-and-spice-artistry',

    'ad-stt-weddings-weddings-the-island-way');

shuffle($ads);

foreach ( $ads as $ad ) {

    WriteContent($ad);

}

[sasa]

try

<?php
$ads = array (
    'ad-stt-weddings-elisha-orin-photography',
    'ad-stt-weddings-brandi-mays-videographer',
    'ad-stt-weddings-sugar-and-spice-artistry',
    'ad-stt-weddings-weddings-the-island-way');
shuffle($ads);
$count = 0;
$max = 2;
foreach ( $ads as $ad ) {
if ($count++ >= $max) break;
    WriteContent($ad);
}
?>

[ksimpkins]

Thats perfect!  Thanks!

[Psycho]

use

foreach($ads as $ads)
echo $ads;

To echo the code after shuffle function.

 

Really? That would produce an error after the first iteration of the loop.  :-\