[Resolved] Problem with str_shuffle() and arrays

[Merve]

I want to create a jumble game that randomly selects a word from a text file and jumbles it.

This is the code:

<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
$filename = "words4jumble.txt";
$fp = fopen($filename, "r");
$filecontents = fread($fp, filesize($filename));
fclose($fp);
$exploded = explode(":", $filecontents);
$size = sizeof($exploded)-1;
$num = rand(0, $size);
$word = str_shuffle($exploded[$num]);
print "Your word is $word. Have fun! <form name=\"jumble\" method=\"post\" 
action=\"jumblecheck.php\"><input name=\"realword\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"$exploded[$num]\">";
?>
<input type="text" name="wordunjumble"><p><input type="reset">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<input type="submit" value="I solved it!">
</form>

I get a fatal error saying that str_shuffle() was called to an undefined function. Please help me! I have attached a text file with the words if it's any help at all.

[sk83rboy]

make sure the server your running it on is PHP 4 >= 4.3.0

[Merve]

Thanks for the tip...sorry that was a dumb question...is there any way to randomly shuffle an array without using str_shuffle()?.

[drawmack]

I haven't tested this but I think it might work

$aryWord = explode("",$word);

now $aryWord is an array of the letters that make up $word

shuffle($aryWord);

now $aryWord is shuffled

$newWord = implode("",$aryWord);

now $newWord is your shuffled word

I think this'll be a fun little exercise so I'm off to do a little test script now.

[drawmack]

and here is the example which will run on older and newer versions of php.

I used the original poster's word file but I made it use line returns instead of : just make sure you ftp it in ascii mode as not changing the line return character could break the program also no trailing spaces on the words.

[Merve]

Thanks for the tip. This thread is now resolved.