Hello,

From elsewhere on the forums I've put together this function:

function RandomImages(){
       
        $items = DataObject::get("Image","ParentID=6", false, "")->toArray();
        $random_images =  new DataObjectSet();
        while($random_images->Count() <=1)
        {
            $random_index = rand(0,sizeof($items)-1);
            $random_images->push($items[$random_index]); //<-Problematic line of code
            unset($items[$random_index]);
        }
        return $random_images;
   }

<% control RandomImages %>
           <a class="thickbox" href="$Filename" >
                   <img src="<% control SetWidth(220) %>$URL<% end_control %>" alt="$Title" />
                </a>
<% end_control %>

My pages display properly most of the time, however every once in a while I will get an error '[Notice] Undefined Offset'. I suspect that the problem might be that it only occurs when the same random value is chosen twice in a row and that the 'unset($items[$random_index]);' line is what is causing the error. Once taking this line out, I cannot recreate the error, but instead on occasion I get the same 2 pictures on the page. What would be the proper way to avoid the same random numbers?

Thanks!

in case someone's still interested:
using 'unset' won't rearrange the indexes in the array. use array_splice instead.
see http://www.webmasterworld.com/php/3632117.htm

function RandomImages(){
$limit = 50;
$items = DataObject::get("Image", "ParentID=6", "RAND()", null, $limit);
return $items;
}

i guess this will give you duplicates, no?

"in case someone's still interested:
using 'unset' won't rearrange the indexes in the array. use array_splice instead.
see http://www.webmasterworld.com/php/3632117.html"

the link is no best... i think...

Not understand how relolve problem with array_splice MY CASE:

function RandomPerguntasItems()
	{	
		$list_dim=5;
		$items = $this->Problemas()->toArray();
		$random_perguntas = new DataObjectSet();

		while($random_perguntas->Count() <= ($list_dim-1) )
		{	
			$random_index = rand(0,sizeof($items)-1);
			$random_perguntas->push($items[$random_index]);
			array_splice($items , count($items), 5 );
			//unset($items[$random_index]);
			
			//if($items[$random_index]< $random_perguntas->Count()){$random_perguntas->Count() + $items[$random_index];}
		}
		
		return $random_perguntas;