Order randomisation of content with PHP

I, Brian · #1 18-Sep-2005, 15:49

Sorry to ask a simple question, but I'm looking to randomise a display of content, which are called up with basic PHP include files.

So if there are 5 images, I'm calling them up as:

PHP Code:


<!-- site content above --> 
<?PHP include("/home/user/public_html/section1.php"); ?> 
<?PHP include("/home/user/public_html/section2.php"); ?> 
<?PHP include("/home/user/public_html/section3.php"); ?> 
<?PHP include("/home/user/public_html/section4.php"); ?> 
<?PHP include("/home/user/public_html/section5.php"); ?>
<!-- footer below -->

How would I randomise with a script within the body itself?

Many thanks for any replies.

admin · #2 18-Sep-2005, 17:46

Hello I, Brian,

You didn't explain yourself very well so I will simply throw out some suggestions.

You can use mt_rand( int min, int max ); to get some random id very easily.

Then there are the ARRAY functions themselves, out of which you may want to read up on:
array_rand( array input [, int num_req] ).

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