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ok yep done that before. &nbsp;I want them back in an array so I can use them in sql so I quess I have to create that new array in foreach. &nbsp;Is that right?
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If you want all of the values in random order, you can copy the array and use <a href="http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.shuffle.php" rel="ugc">shuffle()</a>. &nbsp;If you want to choose one element at random, you can use <a href="http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.end.php" rel="ugc">end()</a> after shuffle().
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I want to randomly choose items in my array and keep their values.<br />
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when I run this on my array <br />

<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-10-28316177-1"><span>print_r($array_local_ids);</span>
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<span>echo &quot;&lt;/br&gt;&quot;;</span>
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it prints this<br />
Array ( [0] =&gt; 175 [1] =&gt; 174 [2] =&gt; 177 [3] =&gt; 179 [4] =&gt; 176 )<br />
Array ( [0] =&gt; 2 [1] =&gt; 4 ) <br />
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i want the values of the first array in my random array not the keys of the first array.
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I want to randomly choose items in my array and keep their values.

when I run this on my array 
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it prints this
Array ( [0] => 175 [1] => 174 [2] => 177 [3] => 179 [4] => 176 )
Array ( [0] => 2 [1] => 4 ) 

i want the values of the first array in my random array not the keys of the first array.

array_rand() question

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