random numbers

[doobster]

I have an array of 8 colors. I want to pick for of those colors randomly. What is the best approach?

[dagon]

array_rand

[CaptianChaos]

<?php
$color[] = 'blue';
$color[] = 'red';
$color[] = 'yellow';
$color[] = 'black';
$color[] = 'white';
$color[] = 'green';

$numColors = count($color);

$x = rand(0, $numColors-1);

print "Random color is: ". $color[$x];
?>