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Hello everybody,

I have been racking my brain trying to decipher something that should be really simple for a seasoned programmer.
The following code shows random numbers from 0 to 60.
How can I get the code to display six columns as opposed to ten?
Support is much appreciated!

Newbieprogrammer

<html>
<head>
<?php
    mt_srand((double)microtime()*1000000);
    function Vullen()
    {
    $randomNr = array(0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9);
    shuffle($randomNr);
    return $randomNr;
    }
    $randomNr = Vullen();

    function display($randomNr)
    {
    $table = '<table  border="1px" cellpadding="1px">';
    $bingokaart = array();
    for ($row = 1; $row < 7; ++$row)
    {
      $table .= '<tr>';
        foreach ($randomNr as $number)
        {
        $table .= '<td>'.$row.$number.'</td>';
        }
        $table .= '</tr>';
    }
    $table .='</table>';
    echo $table;  
    }
display($randomNr);
?>
</body>
</html>

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Your randomNr array contains 10 elements so

foreach($randomNr as $number) 

will give 10 columns. You need to pick a random 6 numbers out of the 10.

Separate the php code from the html.

Use CSS for styling the output.

Example

<?php
    $randomNr = range(0,9);
    $bingokaart = display($randomNr);
    
    function display ($arr)
    {
        $result = "";
        for ($row = 1; $row < 7; ++$row) {
            $rand6 = array_rand($arr, 6);
            $result .= '<tr>';
            foreach ($rand6 as $n) {
                $result .= "<td>$row$arr[$n]</td>";
            }
            $result .= "</tr>\n";
        }
        return $result; 
    }
?>
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
<head>
<title>Sample</title>
<style type="text/css">
    table { border-collapse: collapse; }
    td    { padding: 2px; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
    <table border='1'>
        <?= $bingokaart ?>
    </table>
</body>
</html> 

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Edited by Barand
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Hello Barand,

Thank you very much for your time! During my brainstorming for possible solutions, I had entertained the thought of extracting 6 random numbers from the shuffled array. It is nice to see this is not a bad approach and that in your solution, this is brilliantly executed.

Best wishes & stay safe,

Ramon

 

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