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I want to use an array to print some words in varying order.

[phidentity]

Hi,

I need help. I want to use 'mt_rand()', to print a series of links in different order. I thought about using an array.

How can I do this so the same link isnt printed twice, or some of the links don't appear.

It's so I can produce a list of links in random order so nobody gets missed out.

Any idea how?

Jon

[seomike2003]

Hey try this out. Just remember to that arrays start their count at 0 so if you add 10 random links into the array then your rand function should be rand(0,9)

$links= array("www.site1.com","www.site2.com","www.site3.com");
$linkT=array("site1","site2","site3");
$r=rand(0,2);
<a href="<? echo ("http://$links[$r]");?>"><? echo $linkT[$r];?></a>

[rpking]

If you want to print the entire list of links randomly, look at using array_rand() to randomize your array before printing it out.

[BitBanger]

Actually using shuffle() might be a better idea. All you would need to do is to seed the random number generator, shuffle the array, then dump the entire array.

function dump_rand_links ($links) { 
srand((float)microtime() * 1000000); 
shuffle($links); 
foreach ($links as $link) { 
 echo "<a href=\"{$link}\">{$link}</a><br />"; 
} 
} 

This way you don't need to worry about links being missed or duplicated.

[phidentity]

cheers all :)

Jon