random image help

[confrontinglife]

i have this random image script, but i would also like to have the separator randomized without repeating and i cant quite get it. so any help would be appreciated.

<?php
function randomcontent() {
// set number of items you want to show at once
$show_item = 4;
// separate the items by, i.e. comma would be ",";


$separator = "<br/> ";


// Add content

$content[0][item] = "a";
$content[0][priority] = 1;
$content[1][item] = "b";
$content[1][priority] = 1;
$content[2][item] = "c";
$content[2][priority] = 1;
$content[3][item] = "d";
$content[3][priority] = 1;
$content[4][item] = "e";
$content[4][priority] = 1;
$content[5][item] = "f";
$content[5][priority] = 1;
$content[6][item] = "g";
$content[6][priority] = 1;
$content[7][item] = "h";
$content[7][priority] = 1;

// HERE COMES THE BODY 
if($content) {
	for($i = -1; $i < count($content); $i++) {
		for($j = 0; $j < $content[$i][priority]; $j++) {
			$newcontentindex = count($newcontent) + 1;
			$newcontent[$newcontentindex] = $content[$i][item];
		}
	}
} 
// end of if item exist

// debug
	if($show_item >= count($newcontent))
		$show_item = count($newcontent);

$showarray[0] = "";
$showindex = 0;


// Select a random element from the new array
	do {
		$randindex = rand(0, count($newcontent));
		if(!in_array($newcontent[$randindex], $showarray) && $newcontent[$randindex] != "") {
			$showarray[$showindex] = $newcontent[$randindex];
			//print_r($showarray);
			$showindex++;
		}
	}while(count($showarray) <= $show_item);

// output
	for($i = 0; $i < $show_item; $i++ ) {
			print $showarray[$i].$separator;
	}

} 
// end
?>

[rehfeld]

why not just use shuffle() on the array, then output the first 4?

i dont know what you mean by randomize the $seperator....

you mean sometimes use <br /> and sometimes use something else?

[confrontinglife]

i want the separator to be randomized the same way as the content. i've tried it but couldnt get it to work.

[rehfeld]

$seperators = array(
    '<br>',
    ',',
    ';',
    ':',
);

shuffle($seperators);

// or

$key = array_rand($seperators);
echo $seperators[$key];

[confrontinglife]

hmm...i dont think ur quite understanding what i mean. let me start over with a smaller script.

<?php 
$number = 5;
$layout_file = "layout.txt";
$layout = file("$layout_file"); 
$random_position = array_rand($layout, $number);

$deck_file = "deck.txt";  

$deck = file("$deck_file"); 
$random_card = array_rand($deck, $number); 

foreach ($random_card as $card) 
{ 
 print $random_position . $deck[$card] . '</div>'; 
}

?> 

i'd like a random

<div class=?>

tag printed infront of each card. The above code prints out like the following:

Arraycard1
Arraycard5
Arraycard4
Arraycard3
Arraycard2

the word array is being printed out instead of the div tag