Quick array question

[Vince889]

I should know this, but i'm having a bad day. 

 

If I have:

 

		$s = array();	
	$s[0] = "blah.";
	$s[1] = "blah blah.";
	$s[2] = "more blah.";


	echo array_rand($s,1);

 

Why it return a random number and a warning:

Warning: array_rand() [function.array-rand]: First argument has to be an array in [filename here] on line 140

 

I'm just trying to pull a random element from the array without using a complex formula. Now I've done this before but damn, like I said, my day has been full of sh*t.

 

Any help would be appreciated.

[Pikachu2000]

I dunno. I just cut and pasted it, and it works for me.

[Vince889]

I dunno. I just cut and pasted it, and it works for me.

 

Its just giving numbers [the array key number] and not the actual content. I can't seem to remember how to do this.

[Maq]

Try this:

 

$s = array("blah.", "blah blah.", "more blah.");
$rand = array_rand($s);
echo $s[$rand];
?>

[Pikachu2000]

This works for me, but I didn't look to see if there's a reason you shouldn't use it, so you might want to peek at the manual.

 

echo array_rand(array_flip($s),1);

[Vince889]

Try this:

 

<?php
$s = array("blah.", "blah blah.", "more blah.");
$rand = array_rand($s);
echo $s[$rand];
?>

 

Excellent, man. It works. Thank you very much.. solved :]

 

And Pickachu, you're right as well. Don't mind me i'm in my own little worldddd. Sorry for wasting you folk's time.

[Pikachu2000]

Wasting our time? Surely you jest . . . 

 

 

There's more than one way to do most things, glad it's figured out.

[Maq]

There's more than one way to do most things, glad it's figured out.

 

Yep, there's probably 10 different ways to do this just depends on how you want to accomplish it.