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So this is my 2nd PHP class ever. And this right here is part of my final.

I'm sure you all know what the "shuffle" function does. What I thought I could make it do was randomize a bunch of echoes I have. Is that possible? Any help would be greatly appreciated. KCCO!

Here's the code I need tweaked:  

<html>
<head>
   <title>Characters</title>
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="assets/css/bootstrap.css" media="screen">
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="assets/css/bootstrap-responsive.css" media="screen">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="assets/css/normalize.css" type="text/css" media="screen">
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="assets/css/style.css" media="screen">

</head>
<body>
  <div class="navbar">
    <div class="navbar-inner">
      <a class="brand" href="#"></a>
      <ul class="nav">
        <li class="active"><a href="Characters.php">Previous Clients</a></li>
        <li><a href="workForSupers.php">Work for Supers</a></li>
        
      </ul>
    </div>
  </div><!-- END of navbar-->   
  
  <div align="center">

 <h1>Supers we've helped locate</h1>

  <?
  
  date_default_timezone_set("America/Los_Angeles"); # set default timezone
  $imageDir = "images/";



  # Comics is a PARENT class - Emily, Jenny, and so forth all are CHILDREN of Comics, meaning: They inherit the properties and methods included inside Comics.
  # For example:  echo $joker->comiccharacters; will print out the $comiccharacters stored in Comics
  class Comics {
    const IMAGEDIR = "images/";
    public $comiccharacters = "Comics";
  }


  class Spiderman extends Comics {  
    
    public $name = "Spiderman";
    public $location = "New York City";
    public $superpower = "his spider-sense, augmented speed and strength and his web shooters.";
    public $sex = "male";
    public $published = "1963-03-01.";
    public $hero = true;
    public $asseskicked = 37;
    public $personscaught = [12,16,19,29,51];
    public $powerlevel= '++++++';
    public $email = "SpiderMan4Reals@gmail.com";

    
    # A Constructor is automatically called when PHP is loaded
    public function __construct() {
      # set path for imageDir
      $this->imagePath = parent::IMAGEDIR . "spiderman.jpg";
    }
  }
  

  $spiderman = new Spiderman();

  

  class Magneto extends Comics {  
    public $name = "Magneto";
    public $location = "New York City.";
    public $superpower = "power of magnetism.";
    public $sex = "male";
    public $published = "1963-10-15.";
    public $hero = false;
    public $asseskicked = 52;
    public $personscaught = [21,11,21,43,31];
    public $powerlevel= '+++++++';
    public $email = "ElMagneto@yahoo.com";

    # A Constructor is automatically called when PHP is loaded
    public function __construct() {
      # set path for imageDir
      $this->imagePath = parent::IMAGEDIR . "magneto.jpg";
    }   
  }
  $magneto = new Magneto();


  class Nightwing extends Comics {  
    public $name = "Nightwing";
    public $location = "Gotham City";
    public $superpower = "is his peak physical conditioning, gadgets, and detective skills.";
    public $sex = "male";
    public $published = "1985-01-06";
    public $hero = true;
    public $asseskicked = 76;
    public $personscaught = [32,41,53,48,63];
    public $powerlevel= '++++++';
    public $email = "NightwingIsAwesome@hotmail.com";

    # A Constructor is automatically called when PHP is loaded
    public function __construct() {
      # set path for imageDir
      $this->imagePath = parent::IMAGEDIR . "nightwing.jpg";
    }   
  }
  $nightwing = new Nightwing();


  class GreenArrow extends Comics { 
    public $name = "Green Arrow";
    public $location = "Starling City";
    public $superpower = "is his peak physical conditioning and accuracy with his gadgets.";
    public $sex = "male";
    public $published = "1941-11-19";
    public $hero = true;
    public $asseskicked = 62;
    public $personscaught = [17,17,29,31,49];
    public $powerlevel= '++++++';
    public $email = "ImTheGreenArrow@gmail.com";

    # A Constructor is automatically called when PHP is loaded
    public function __construct() {
      # set path for imageDir
      $this->imagePath = parent::IMAGEDIR . "greenarrow.jpg";
    }   
  }
  $greenArrow = new GreenArrow();

  class TheJoker extends Comics { 
    public $name = "The Joker";
    public $location = "Gotham City";
    public $superpower = "being completely insane and psychotic.";
    public $sex = "male";
    public $published = "1940-04-11";
    public $hero = false;
    public $asseskicked = 112;
    public $personscaught = [61,79,103,94,52];
    public $powerlevel= "++++++++";
    public $email = "KillingForAJoke@gmail.com";

    # A Constructor is automatically called when PHP is loaded
    public function __construct() {
      # set path for imageDir
      $this->imagePath = parent::IMAGEDIR . "joker.jpg";
    }   
  }
  $thejoker = new TheJoker();


  # Create an array containing all the members classes
  $members = array($spiderman, $magneto, $nightwing, $greenArrow, $thejoker);


  # Calculate Ages - this cycles through all of the classes, and calculates the age for each band member, and places it in a property named "$age"
  foreach($members as $obj) {
    $obj->age = calculateAge($obj->published);
  }


  # Display our Jump Menu
  echo "<form name=\"jump\">
    <p align=\"center\">
    <select name=\"menu\" onchange='window.location.href=this.options[this.selectedIndex].value'>
    <option selected>All Characters</option>
    <option value=\"?sort=name\">Sort by Name</option>
    <option value=\"?sort=ageLoToHi\">Sort by Age (youngest to oldest)</option>
    <option value=\"?sort=ageHiToLo\">Sort by Age (oldest to youngest)</option>
    </select></p>
    </form>";

  # Access the sort value from the url: blah.com/?sort=blam
  $sort = '';
  if (isset($_GET['sort'])) {
    $sort = $_GET['sort'];
  }
  
  # Let's introduce all our members
  echo "<h2>Heroes and Villains Alike</h2>";
  for ($i=0; $i < count($members); $i++) {
  
    switch ( $sort ) {
      # sort=name -- sorts alphabetically by 'name' in the member array
      case "name" : 
        usort($members, 'sortByName_ascend');
        displayProfile($members[$i]);
        break;
      case "nameRev" : 
        usort($members, 'sortByName_descend');
        displayProfile($members[$i]);
        break;
      # sort=ageLoToHi -- sorts alphabetically by 'age' ascending
      case "ageLoToHi" : 
        usort($members, 'sortClassesByAgeLoHi');
        displayProfile($members[$i]);
        break;
      # sort=ageHiToLo -- sorts alphabetically by 'age' descending
      case "ageHiToLo" : 
        usort($members, 'sortClassesByAge_HiLo');
        displayProfile($members[$i]);
        break;
      # sort=ageHiToLo -- sorts alphabetically by 'age' descending
      case "asseskicked" : 
        uksort($members, 'sortAsseskicked');
        displayProfile($members[$i]);
        break;
      # default -- spit out all band members according to their order in the array
      default : displayProfile($members[$i]);
        break;      
    } 
  }

  # This is a custom sorting function that works with usort().
  # If you provide usort() with either an array or a set of objects,
  # it goes through all the items and compares them, and puts them in order
  # according to the rules below.
  
  function sortClassesByAgeLoHi($a, $b) {
    if ( $a->published == $b->published ) {
      #return 0; # this makes equivalent aged folks disappear sad.gif
      return 1;
    } elseif ( $a->published > $b->published ) {
      return -1;
    } else { 
      return 1;
    } 
  }

  function sortClassesByAge_HiLo($a, $b) {
    return sortClassesByAgeLoHi($b, $a); # just reverse the arguments
  }

  function sortByName_ascend($a, $b) {
    if ( $a->name == $b->name ) {
      #return 0; # this makes equivalent aged folks disappear sad.gif
      return 1;
    } elseif ( $a->name > $b->name ) {
      return 1;
    } else { 
      return -1;
    } 
  }

  function sortByName_descend($a, $b) {
    return sortByName_ascend($b, $a); # just reverse the arguments
  }

  # FUNCTIONS - Store all functions down here - I could also store them in another file
  function displayProfile($memberClass) {
    
      echo "<div class='memberProfile'><p>";
      # spit out the image of our character
      # <img src="images/spiderman.jpg" /><br />
      echo "<img src=\"".$memberClass->imagePath."\" width=200px /><br />";
      
      #should make it so that when you refresh the page, it randomizes the order of the elements in the array
      shuffle($memberProfile);
THE FOLLOWING IS SPECIFICALLY WHAT I WANT TO RANDOMIZE
      # spit out our caption
      echo "This is ".$memberClass->name.".<br>";
      //counts the "+" for the power level
      echo "He has a power level of ".strlen($memberClass->powerlevel)." <br> ";
      echo "He resides in ".$memberClass->location.". <br>";
      echo "He was first published in ".displayBirthdate($memberClass->published).".<br>";
      echo "Making him ".calculateAge($memberClass->published)." years old! <br>";
      //wraps the string after the specified # of characters
      echo "His superpower is  ".wordwrap($memberClass->superpower,35,"<br>\n")."<br>";
      echo "And in that time he's kicked the asses of ".$memberClass->asseskicked." people!  <br>";
      //finds the average & wraps the string after the specified # of characters
      echo "They normally capture their respective enemy ".average($memberClass->personscaught)." times a year.<br>";
      echo "You can reach them at <a href=\"#\"> ".$memberClass->email.".</a>. <br> </p></div> ";
  }

  
  
  function displayBirthdate($bandmateBirthdate) {
    # January 1, 1984
    $birthDateFormatted = date('F j, Y', strtotime($bandmateBirthdate));
    return $birthDateFormatted;
  }
  
  function calculateAge($bandmateBirthdate) {
    #$currentTime = time(); # as a Unix timestamp
    list($year, $month, $day) = explode("-",$bandmateBirthdate);
    $elapsedYears = date('Y') - $year;
    $age = $elapsedYears; # calculates number of years elapsed
    # If current date < birthdate (i.e. Oct01 < Dec01), then subtract 1 year
    if ( date('n') < $month || ( date('n') == $month && date('j') < $day ) ) {
      $age = $age - 1;
    }

    return $age;
  }

  //example how to get the average in an array
  function average($average)  {
     if (!is_array($average)) return false;

     return array_sum($average)/count($average);
  }
  
?>
</body>

  
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/bootstrap.js"></script>
</html>

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Change your echo's to store the strings into an array, Use shuffle to randomize their order, then use implode to echo the new order

 

Code for displayProfile function

function displayProfile($memberClass) {

	echo "<div class='memberProfile'><p>";
	# spit out the image of our character
	# <img src="images/spiderman.jpg" /><br />
	echo "<img src=\"".$memberClass->imagePath."\" width=200px /><br />";

	# spit out our caption
	$lines = array();

	$lines[] = "This is ".$memberClass->name;
	//counts the "+" for the power level
	$lines[] = "He has a power level of ".strlen($memberClass->powerlevel);
	$lines[] = "He resides in ".$memberClass->location;
	$lines[] = "He was first published in ".displayBirthdate($memberClass->published);
	$lines[] = "Making him ".calculateAge($memberClass->published)." years old!";
	//wraps the string after the specified # of characters
	$lines[] = "His superpower is  ".wordwrap($memberClass->superpower,35);
	$lines[] = "And in that time he's kicked the asses of ".$memberClass->asseskicked." people!";
	//finds the average & wraps the string after the specified # of characters
	$lines[] = "They normally capture their respective enemy ".average($memberClass->personscaught)." times a year.";
	$lines[] = "You can reach them at <a href=\"#\"> ".$memberClass->email."</a>";

	shuffle($lines); // randomize the order of the lines above

	echo implode("<br />\n", $lines) . "</p></div>"; // output the randomized order
}
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