array_rand Pick one or more random entries out of an array &reftitle.description; mixedarray_rand arrayinput intnum_req1 Picks one or more random entries out of an array, and returns the key (or keys) of the random entries. &reftitle.parameters; input The input array. num_req Specifies how many entries you want to pick. Trying to pick more elements than there are in the array will result in an E_WARNING level error. &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