[RESOLVED] display random numbers

[roscor]

Hi, the following code generates a table with 4 columns displaying the counties in England from an array. i was using a mysql_num check against my database to display any records against that given county.

I wish to display a random number between brackets so that the display looks populated. I am using a random number generator to produce a 4 digit number which displays the same number in all counties(till refresh)

<?php

function generate_id($length = 4)
{
    $range = '1234567890';
    $max = strlen($range) - 1;

// Generates random id of length $length.
$id = '';
for ($count = 0; $count < $length; $count++)
{
    $id .= $range[rand(0, $max)];
}
return $id;
} 
$randpass = generate_id(); 
$numr = $randpass; 

$counties="Bedfordshire,Berkshire,Bristol,Buckinghamshire,Cambridgeshire,Cheshire,Cleveland,Cornwall,County Durham,Cumbria,Derbyshire,Devon,Dorset,East Yorkshire,East Sussex,Essex,Gloucestershire,Greater London,Greater Manchester,Hampshire,Herefordshire,Hertfordshire,kent,Lancashire,Leicestershire,Lincolnshire,Merseyside,Norfolk,North Yorkshire,Northamptonshire,Northumberland,Nottinghamshire,Oxfordshire,Rutland,Shropshire,Somerset,South Yorkshire,Staffordshire,Suffolk,Surrey,Tyne and Wear,Warwickshire,West Midlands,West Sussex,West Yorkshire,Wiltshire,Worcestershire";
$countiesArray= explode(",", $counties);
$countiesArray = array_diff($countiesArray, array(""));
for($item=0;$item<count($countiesArray);$item++){
if($counter != 0 and $counter % 4 == 0)
  {
    echo "</tr>\n<tr>";
  }
  $counter++;


	echo "<td width='25%'><img src='images/freelisting_arrow2.gif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href='' class='menu' title='No Link On the Demo page'><font size='1' face='Verdana'>". $countiesArray[$item] . "&nbsp;(&nbsp;<font size='1' face='Verdana' style='color: $color'>" .$numr . "&nbsp;</font>)</a></font></td>";
	}
echo "<tr><td height='7'></td></tr>";
echo "</tr>\n</table>\n"; 


?>

I just cannot think how to get the results separated,

any advice will be greatly appreciated

roscor

[dagon]

there are a few more efficiency tweaks you could do but this will get you started.

<?php

$countiesArray=array('Bedfordshire','Berkshire','Bristol','Buckinghamshire','Cambridgeshire','Cheshire','Cleveland','Cornwall','County Durham','Cumbria','Derbyshire','Devon','Dorset','East Yorkshire','East Sussex','Essex','Gloucestershire','Greater London','Greater Manchester','Hampshire','Herefordshire','Hertfordshire','kent','Lancashire','Leicestershire','Lincolnshire','Merseyside','Norfolk','North Yorkshire','Northamptonshire','Northumberland','Nottinghamshire','Oxfordshire','Rutland','Shropshire','Somerset','South Yorkshire','Staffordshire','Suffolk','Surrey','Tyne and Wear','Warwickshire','West Midlands','West Sussex','West Yorkshire','Wiltshire','Worcestershire');


for($item=0;$item<count($countiesArray);$item++){

if($counter != 0 and $counter % 4 == 0)
  {
    echo "</tr>\n<tr>";
  }
  $counter++;


    echo "<td width='25%'><img src='images/freelisting_arrow2.gif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href='' class='menu' title='No Link On the Demo page'><font size='1' face='Verdana'>". $countiesArray[$item] . "&nbsp;(&nbsp;<font size='1' face='Verdana' style='color: $color'>" . rand(1000,9999) . "&nbsp;</font>)</a></font></td>";
    }
echo "<tr><td height='7'></td></tr>";
echo "</tr>\n</table>\n";


?>

[roscor]

perfect dagon, never thought to use rand()

many thanks

roscor