Re: [PHP] randomly picking a variable from an array

2001-09-07 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
> Which is more resource attentive however (Random question, not necessarily > pertaining to this)? > > Making MySQL do extra work or PHP do some extra work? Generally it would be more efficient to have MySQL do it as part of its SELECT. But there could be cases where it would be more efficient

Re: [PHP] randomly picking a variable from an array

2001-09-07 Thread Sheridan Saint-Michel
quot;King, Justin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Rasmus Lerdorf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 4:19 PM > Subject: RE: [PHP] randomly picking a variable from an array > > > But that would make sense

Re: [PHP] randomly picking a variable from an array

2001-09-07 Thread Kath
gt; Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 4:19 PM Subject: RE: [PHP] randomly picking a variable from an array But that would make sense rasmus... and I don't like to make sense =)... if its an array filled from a database, randomizing on the database level would sti

RE: [PHP] randomly picking a variable from an array

2001-09-07 Thread Sterling Hughes
also do this for you... -Sterling > --Justin King, School District of Superior Web Coordinator > (www.superior.k12.wi.us) > > > -Original Message- > From: Joseph Bannon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 2:08 PM > To: PHP (E-mail) >

RE: [PHP] randomly picking a variable from an array

2001-09-07 Thread King, Justin
From: Rasmus Lerdorf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 3:13 PM To: King, Justin Cc: Joseph Bannon; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP] randomly picking a variable from an array I'd say the easiest way would be to use array_rand() See http://php.net/array_rand -Rasm

RE: [PHP] randomly picking a variable from an array

2001-09-07 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
m=rand(0,sizeof($myVar)-1); > > Hope I could be of some help... > > --Justin King, School District of Superior Web Coordinator > (www.superior.k12.wi.us) > > > -Original Message- > From: Joseph Bannon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 2:08 P

RE: [PHP] randomly picking a variable from an array

2001-09-07 Thread King, Justin
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 2:08 PM To: PHP (E-mail) Subject: [PHP] randomly picking a variable from an array How do you randomly picking a variable from an array with PHP? Thanks, Joseph PS. Thanks to those who helped me with GD. If you go to my site, you

Re: [PHP] randomly picking a variable from an array

2001-09-07 Thread Kath
= count($array); $choice = rand(1, $numinarray); echo $array[$choice]; /* End */ HTH! - k - Original Message - From: "Joseph Bannon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PHP (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 3:08 PM Subject: [PHP] ran

RE: [PHP] randomly picking a variable from an array

2001-09-07 Thread Jack Dempsey
create a random number from 0 to count($array) and use that as the index jack -Original Message- From: Joseph Bannon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 3:08 PM To: PHP (E-mail) Subject: [PHP] randomly picking a variable from an array How do you randomly

[PHP] randomly picking a variable from an array

2001-09-07 Thread Joseph Bannon
How do you randomly picking a variable from an array with PHP? Thanks, Joseph PS. Thanks to those who helped me with GD. If you go to my site, you'll see the new counter I created at the top of the page. http://www.collegesucks.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.p