experience Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 i select a random number from an array.[code]$base = array("1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8");$var = $base[rand(0,7)];echo "<br>\$var = $var";[/code]think there is a sumbit button bottom of this code.when i press submit. i want $var to be static and show the number (which is selected once from array with rand() )after i press the submit button again i want the first number should stay in the screen and $var should choose a new value from array randomly.for example.i pressed submit once.output maybe:[code]$var=3[/code]then i pressed submit again:output: ($var should still be 3)[code]$var=3$var=7[/code]then i pressed submit again;output:[code]$var=3$var=7$var=2[/code]like these.how can i do that ? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/4295-selecting-with-rand-from-an-array/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barand Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 Use a session variable to store the selections between submissions[code]<?phpsession_start();$vars = isset($_SESSION['vars']) ? $_SESSION['vars'] : array(); // if you have values, get them$base = range(1,8);$vars[] = $base[rand(0,7)];$_SESSION['vars'] = $vars; // store selected valuesforeach ($vars as $var) echo "<br>$var";?><form><INPUT TYPE='SUBMIT' name='submit' value='Submit'></form>[/code] Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/4295-selecting-with-rand-from-an-array/#findComment-15122 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanikilu Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 Well, I was writing essentially the same thing when Barand posted, but figured I'd post what I had as well. The main difference is that I included a "clear" button to clear out the session, but that's about it...[code]<?phpsession_start();?><html><head></head><body><?phpif (isset($_POST['submit'])) { $_SESSION['base'] = array("1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8"); $_SESSION['var'][] = $_SESSION['base'][rand(0,7)]; foreach ($_SESSION['var'] as $value) { echo "\$var = $value<br />"; }}if (isset($_POST['clear'])) { session_destroy();}?><form action="<?php $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ?>" method="POST"><input name="submit" type="submit" value="Submit"><input name="clear" type="submit" value="Clear"></form></body></html>[/code] Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/4295-selecting-with-rand-from-an-array/#findComment-15126 Share on other sites More sharing options...
experience Posted March 7, 2006 Author Share Posted March 7, 2006 thank you a lot :)i love phpfreaks Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/4295-selecting-with-rand-from-an-array/#findComment-15214 Share on other sites More sharing options...
txmedic03 Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 Just to put it out there, instead of using a session I have a way that might work just as well.[code]<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="POST"><?php $var = rand(1,8); if ( is_array($_POST) ) { while (list($key, $val)=each($_POST)) { echo "<input type=\"hidden\" id=\"val".$key."\" name=\"val".$key."\" value=\"".$val."\" />\r\n"; } echo "<input type=\"hidden\" id=\"val".count($_POST)."\" name=\"val".count($_POST)."\" value=\"".$var."\" />\r\n"; } else { echo "<input type=\"hidden\" id=\"val0\" name=\"val0\" value=\"".$var."\" />\r\n"; }?> <input type="submit" value="Get Another One" /></form>[/code]This will retain old values and create new ones without using sessions. It is just about as simple as I can think to make it and still retain some error control. Just another way to reach the same end.Happy coding! Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/4295-selecting-with-rand-from-an-array/#findComment-15324 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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