extracting a value from a array using the key

[Shadowing]

Hey guys i have a array i made and im wanting to grab a random value out of the array.

The only way i can see to do this looking at the list of array functions is i need to random a key first?

and then return the value assigned to the random key i just generated?

I only see a function that lets me do the opposite. array_search()

 

so now that i have generated a random key how do I grab just the value from the array using the random key. or is there a function i can just random value?

$explode_names = explode(" ", $planet_names);

$random_key_name = (array_rand($explode_names, 1));


echo $random_key_name;

[Pikachu2000]

Well, you know the name of the array, $explode_names; and the value of the key, $random_key_name, so how do you usually reference an array element? $name[$key]

[Shadowing]

thanks Pikachu2000

 

finally found on tizag.com where it shows that.

[litebearer]

Might look at http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.shuffle.php