Re: [PHP] pick a card, any card...

2011-04-09 Thread Simon J Welsh
On 9/04/2011, at 3:39 PM, Scotty Logan wrote: > On Apr 8, 2011, at 8:20 PM, Kirk Bailey wrote: >> in otherwords, the entire idea of picking one of N objects, whatever they >> are- strings, numbers, gummybears, lined up in a listing, and return the one >> item selected. This seems a common enough

Re: [PHP] pick a card, any card...

2011-04-09 Thread Curtis Maurand
seems to me that you have an array with integers as the keys. $desired_key = rand(0, count($array)); $desired_value = $array[$desired_key]; Cheers, Curtis Simon J Welsh wrote: > On 9/04/2011, at 3:39 PM, Scotty Logan wrote: > >> On Apr 8, 2011, at 8:20 PM, Kirk Bailey wrote: >>> in otherwo

RE: [PHP] Security Question

2011-04-09 Thread tedd
At 2:53 PM -0500 4/8/11, Jay Blanchard wrote: [snip] whats the best way to learn about security in php? [/snip] Study, study, study! Chris Shiflett is a recognized expert on PHP security - http://shiflett.org/ He has a great book on PHP Security - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596006

Re: [PHP] pick a card, any card...

2011-04-09 Thread Curtis Maurand
Curtis Maurand wrote: > > > > seems to me that you have an array with integers as the keys. > > $desired_key = rand(0, count($array)); sorry, I hadn't had coffee, yet.  The line above should be: $desired_key = rand(0, count($array) - 1); > > $desired_value => $array[$desired_key]; > > Ch

[PHP] Re: the best 1 book for php

2011-04-09 Thread domih
Not one book. 1. For learning from scratch One of the books recommended by the other esteemed posters. 2. Reference http://www.php.net/manual/en/ and/or the corresponding CHM. 3. OOP with PHP PHP Objects, Patterns and Practice, Third Edition http://apress.com/book/view/9781430229254 4. Mor