random products code for sliding banner

[marnslee]

hey all

I have a quickie, with the code here is there any way I can easily make the products random? have tried a few things but not working? I is currently picking up the most viewed products, we want the most viewed top 20-40 in a random order

<?php if ($products) { 

//used on the site for the top sliding banner

?>

<div id="carousel_">
  <ul class="jcarousel-skin-opencart">
    <?php foreach ($products as $product) { ?>
    <li>
      <div class="prod"> <a href="<?php echo str_replace('&', '&amp;', $product['href']); ?>"><img src="<?php echo $product['thumb']; ?>" title="<?php echo $products[$j]['name']; ?>" alt="<?php echo $product['name']; ?>" /></a> </div>
    </li>
    <?php } ?>
  </ul>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript"><!--
$('#carousel_ ul').jcarousel({
	vertical: false,
	auto:16,
	visible: <?php echo $limit; ?>,
	scroll: <?php echo $scroll; ?>,
	wrap:'circular',
	buttonNextHTML:'',
	buttonPrevHTML:null

});
//--></script>
<?php } ?>

[cretaceous]

shuffle ??

that is if you already have the 20 you want in the array

[marnslee]

cretaceous;10995400 wrote:

shuffle ??

that is if you already have the 20 you want in the array

thanks that works, I used
shuffle($products);