Shown more frequently with random

[ZaZall]

I guess this actually is more of a mathematically quastion.

Lets say i got 5 values.

1
2
3
4
5

But i want them to be shown randomly, however i want 4 to be show more frequently then the other values.

Is there a way to do this, i have been playing around allot with some rand() functions but im unable to figure out a good way to do this. :bemused:

[Weedpacket]

One easy way would be to have 4 appear in the list you're selecting from as many times more often as the others as you want it to appear when you're selecting.

[rkolbe]

I agree with you weedpacket...the other option is to use the class RandomLib which takes weights:

http://www.bigbold.com/snippets/posts/show/3215

Found it in a few seconds of googling 😉

[faifas]

I would make those variables in one array <o/
like:

$var=array();
$var[0]="Bob";
$var[1]="Jack";
$var[2]="Borat";
//etc
//then I'd use random to help me out ^^
$randomvar=rand(0,2);
echo $var[$randomvar];
//here is it :P

Or maybe you wanted to show all of them?
$var[0][r]=rand(0,2);
$var[1][r]=rand(0,2);
$var[2][r]=rand(0,2);

then you can use ksort(); to sort your array 😉
If those values are in mysql, then it's much easier again: mysql_query("SELECT * FROM table WHERE a<b ORDER BY RAND()");

Hope this helps o/