... PHP 4 >= 4.0.0) array_rand -- Pick one or more random entries out of an array . ... array_rand() is rather useful when you want to pick one or more random entries out of an array. ... If you are picking only one entry, array_rand() returns the key for a random entry. ... srand ((float) microtime() * 10000000); $input = array ("Neo", "Morpheus", "Trinity", "Cypher", "Tank"); $rand_keys = array_rand ($input, 2); print $input[$rand_keys[0]]."\n"; print $input[$rand_keys[1]]."\n"; . ... array_push . ...