array_rand Pick one or more random entries out of an array &reftitle.description; mixedarray_rand arrayinput intnum_req1 array_rand is rather useful when you want to pick one or more random entries out of an array. &reftitle.parameters; input The input array. num_req Specifies how many entries you want to pick. &reftitle.returnvalues; If you are picking only one entry, array_rand returns the key for a random entry. Otherwise, it returns an array of keys for the random entries. This is done so that you can pick random keys as well as values out of the array. &reftitle.changelog; &Version; &Description; 5.2.10 The resulting array of keys is no longer shuffled. &changelog.randomseed; &reftitle.examples; ]]> &reftitle.seealso; shuffle