php shuffle/random

[karimali831]

Hi,

 

I want to pick out a random letter from a to h.

How can I do this?

 

So everytime the page re-loads, a random letter (range a-h) will show.

 

Thanks alot for any help.

[freeloader]

$alpha = array ('a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h');
$letter = $alpha[rand(0,7)];

[karimali831]

Thank you

 

EDIT

 

Should it be 0,8 as there are 8 letters?

[freeloader]

$alpha is the array of letters, I'm randomly chosing the key to take. Since default array keys start at 0, that value should included as well. Index goes from 0-7, 8 letters in total but index 7 is your last letter.

[karimali831]

Gotcha, thanks again