If the array elements are unique, and are all integers or strings, here is a simple way to pick $n random *values* (not keys) from an array $array:
<?php array_rand(array_flip($array), $n); ?>(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
array_rand — Pick one or more random keys out of an array
Picks one or more random entries out of an array, and returns the key (or keys) of the random entries.
Ця функція не генерує криптографічно безпечні значення, тож не повинна використовуватись для криптографічних цілей чи тих, що вимагають використання непередбачуваних значень.
Якщо потрібна криптографічно безпечна випадковість, можна використати Random\Randomizer разом з рушієм Random\Engine\Secure. Для простих випадків є функції random_int() і random_bytes(), які забезпечують зручний і безпечний API до системного CSPRNG.
This function uses the global Mt19937 (“Mersenne Twister”) instance as the source of randomness and thus shares its state with all other functions using the global Mt19937. Using any of these functions advances the sequence for all the other functions, regardless of scope.
Generating repeatable sequences by seeding mt_srand() or srand() with a known value will also yield repeatable output from this function.
Prefer using Random\Randomizer methods in all newly written code.
arrayThe input array. Cannot be empty.
num
Specifies how many entries should be picked.
Must be greater than zero, and less than or equal to the length of array
When picking only one entry, array_rand() returns the key for a random entry. Otherwise, an array of keys for the random entries is returned. This is done so that random keys can be picked from the array as well as random values. If multiple keys are returned, they will be returned in the order they were present in the original array.
Throws a ValueError if array is empty,
or if num is out of range.
| Версія | Опис |
|---|---|
| 8.0.0 |
array_rand() now throws a ValueError
if num is out of range; previously an
E_WARNING was raised, and the function returned null.
|
| 8.0.0 |
array_rand() now throws a ValueError
if array is empty; previously an
E_WARNING was raised, and the function returned null.
|
| 7.1.0 | The internal randomization algorithm has been changed to use the » Mersenne Twister Random Number Generator instead of the libc rand function. |
Приклад #1 array_rand() example
<?php
$input = array("Neo", "Morpheus", "Trinity", "Cypher", "Tank");
$rand_keys = array_rand($input, 2);
echo $input[$rand_keys[0]] . "\n";
echo $input[$rand_keys[1]] . "\n";
?>
If the array elements are unique, and are all integers or strings, here is a simple way to pick $n random *values* (not keys) from an array $array:
<?php array_rand(array_flip($array), $n); ?>It doesn't explicitly say it in the documentation, but PHP won't pick the same key twice in one call.<?php
/**
* Wraps array_rand call with additional checks
*
* TLDR; not so radom as you'd wish.
*
* NOTICE: the closer you get to the input arrays length, for the n parameter, the output gets less random.
* e.g.: array_random($a, count($a)) == $a will yield true
* This, most certainly, has to do with the method used for making the array random (see other comments).
*
* @throws OutOfBoundsException – if n less than one or exceeds size of input array
*
* @param array $array – array to randomize
* @param int $n – how many elements to return
* @return array
*/
function array_random(array $array, int $n = 1): array
{
if ($n < 1 || $n > count($array)) {
throw new OutOfBoundsException();
}
return ($n !== 1)
? array_values(array_intersect_key($array, array_flip(array_rand($array, $n))))
: array(