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shuffle

(PHP3 >= 3.0.8, PHP4 >= 4.0b4)

shuffle -- Shuffle an array

Description

void shuffle (array array)

This function shuffles (randomizes the order of the elements in) an array.

Example 1. Shuffle() example


$numbers = range (1,20);
srand (time());
shuffle ($numbers);
while (list (, $number) = each ($numbers)) {
    echo "$number ";
}

See also arsort(), asort(), ksort(), rsort(), sort() and usort().

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