PHP shuffle() Function Usage and Example

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shuffle() function shuffles the order of array elements

Syntax

shuffle( $array );

Definition and Usage

This function randomly sorts the order of elements in the array.
This function assigns new keys to the elements of the array. It will delete all existing keys you may have assigned, not just rearrange the keys.

Parameter

Return Value

Returns TRUE on success, FALSE on failure.

Online Example

<?php
　　　$input = array("d" => "lemon", "a" => "orange", "b" => "banana");
　　　shuffle($input);
　　　print_r($input);
?>

This will produce the following result. The result will be different each time you shuffle the array.

Array ( [0] => banana [1] => orange [2] => lemon )

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