[RESOLVED] array and array_rand

[devil_online]

I have this code:
foreach($new_names as $value)

the variable $new_names = array("Jonh", "Petter", "Carl", "Marie", "Arthur");

its like this.

However if I make this variable like this
$new_names = $firstnames[array_rand($firstnames)]." ".$lastnames[array_rand($lastnames)];

It gives me a error on the line of the foreach...anyone knows why?

thanks

[bpat1434]

foreach uses an array_expression, so strings aren't arrays. $new_names has to be an array.

PHP Manual::foreach wrote:

foreach works only on arrays, and will issue an error when you try to use it on a variable with a different data type or an uninitialized variable.

[devil_online]

thanks