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Im trying to display 2 or more unique random results from a text file, How do I do that please?
But I need unique results and not 2 or more of the same.
Currently using this code, but it only returns 1 random result:
<?php
$text = file_get_contents('flatFileDB.txt');
$textArray = explode("\n", $text);
$randArrayIndexNum = array_rand($textArray);
$randPhrase = $textArray[$randArrayIndexNum];
?>
<?php echo $randPhrase ?>

Answer 1

I would use something like that
shuffle($textArray);
echo $textArray[0];
echo $textArray[1];
http://php.net/manual/tr/function.shuffle.php

Answer 2

You can give a shot to this also. Code is not tested. I am collecting the used into an array, and check, is that used before.
$text = file_get_contents('flatFileDB.txt');
$textArray = explode("\n", $text);
$used = array();
$countOfRandoms = 2;
$randoms = array();
$i = 1;
do {
if ($countOfRandoms == $i) {
break;
}
$randArrayIndexNum = array_rand($textArray);
if (in_array($randArrayIndexNum, $used)) {
continue;
}
$used[] = $randArrayIndexNum;
$random = $textArray[$randArrayIndexNum];
$i++;
} while (true);