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10 years ago
There is an function which uses native shuffle() but preserves keys, and their order, so at end, only values are shuffled.

<?PHP
/**
 * Array Quake - Give an array good quake so every value will endup with random given space.
 * Keys, and their order are preserved.
 * @author xZero <[email protected]>
 * @param array $array
 * @return boolean false on failure
 */
function array_quake(&$array) {
    if (is_array($array)) {
        $keys = array_keys($array); // We need this to preserve keys
        $temp = $array;
        $array = NULL;
        shuffle($temp); // Array shuffle
        foreach ($temp as $k => $item) {
            $array[$keys[$k]] = $item;
        }
        return;
    }
    return false;
}

// Example
$numbers = array(
    'ZERO' => 0,
    'ONE' => 1,
    'TWO' => 2,
    'THREE' => 3,
    'FOUR' => 4,
    'FIVE' => 5,
    'SIX' => 6,
    'SEVEN' => 7,
    'EIGHT' => 8,
    'NINE' => 9
);
echo "\nBefore (original):\n";
print_r($numbers);
array_quake($numbers);
echo "\n\nAfter (Array Quake);\n";
print_r($numbers);
echo "\n";
?>

Result example:
Before (original):
Array
(
    [ZERO] => 0
    [ONE] => 1
    [TWO] => 2
    [THREE] => 3
    [FOUR] => 4
    [FIVE] => 5
    [SIX] => 6
    [SEVEN] => 7
    [EIGHT] => 8
    [NINE] => 9
)

After (Array Quake);
Array
(
    [ZERO] => 4
    [ONE] => 2
    [TWO] => 0
    [THREE] => 8
    [FOUR] => 3
    [FIVE] => 6
    [SIX] => 1
    [SEVEN] => 7
    [EIGHT] => 5
    [NINE] => 9
)
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