counting question

[bookbuyer2000]

I have a random array of thousands of geometric shapes. On my PHP page, if I form-submit the number "8," my PHP code will select 8 shapes at random from the array, like this:

triangle
triangle
square
circle
square
hexagon
hexagon
circle

If I were to form-submit the number "3," my PHP code will give me 3 shapes like this example:

circle
square
square

How do I set up an "alert" in my PHP code, so that if all the shapes are the same, I'll get an "alert?"

Example 1:

square
square
square
square
square
square
square
triangle
square
square
// NO alert -- (one of the shapes is different)

Example 2:

circle
circle
circle
circle
// ALERT: WOW ALL 4 SHAPES ALL THE SAME!

Thank you!! 🙂

[NogDog]

if(count(array_unique($arrayName)) == 1)
{
   // all the same
}
else
{
   // more than one value
}

[bookbuyer2000]

Thank you!! 🙂