Randomly sort php array

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I am getting an array of 25 items from a database using SQL. I want to take 16 of the items and random to use. I thought if I could randomly sort the array I could then take the first 16 items.

Is there a way to randomly sort an array in php, or perform an SQL SELECT that returns to results in a random order?

Gordon Linoff · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-27 14:21:21Z

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You can do this in SQL:

<your select here>
order by rand()
limit 16;

answered Mar 27, 2016 at 14:21

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