ID:               19343
 Updated by:       [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Reported By:      [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-Status:           Open
+Status:           Bogus
 Bug Type:         Arrays related
 Operating System: WinXP
 PHP Version:      4.2.3
 New Comment:

Sorry, but the bug system is not the appropriate forum for asking
support questions. Your problem does not imply a bug in PHP itself.
For a list of more appropriate places to ask for help using PHP,
please visit http://www.php.net/support.php

Thank you for your interest in PHP.

I've tried this a few dosen times and the results were quite random.
Please keep in mind that with a small array, such as the one in your
example, there are only 24 possible combinations. Which means, that on
average every 24th run you'll get an 'unsorted' array.


Previous Comments:
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[2002-09-10 14:09:42] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

I called array_rand($my_array, count($my_array)). I expected array_rand
to return the keys of $my_array in random order. I actually received
the keys in almost the same order each time. $my_array was a 4 element
array and the third element's key never changed position. I tried using
srand also, but it produced same results. On an older version of
php(4.1.2) the function worked as expected.

script on WinXP php4.2.3:
$numbers = range (1,4);
$rand_keys = array_rand ($numbers, count($numbers));
foreach ($rand_keys as $val) {
   print $numbers[$val]."\n";
}


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