Scrambling Letters in A Variable

Discussion in 'PHP' started by qdsouza, Sep 5, 2005.

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  1. #1
    Is there a simple way to scramble letters in a variable?

    If I have something like:

    $word='animal'

    and I get something like the:

    $word1='minala"

    Thanks
     
    qdsouza, Sep 5, 2005 IP
  2. LGRComp

    LGRComp Well-Known Member

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    #2
    str_shuffle() should do what you want.

    See: http://ca.php.net/manual/en/function.str-shuffle.php
     
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  3. sarahk

    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    #3
    probably not.

    but this will do it 
    <?PHP
/**
 * @return string
 * @param string $word
 * @desc scrambles the word given.
*/
function scramble($word)
{
	$newword = array();
	for($i = 0; $i < strlen($word); $i++)
	{
		$num = rand(0, 100);
		$newword[$num] = substr($str, $i, 1);
	}
	ksort($newword);
	$output = implode('', $newword);
	return $output;
}

echo scramble('animal');
?>
    Code (markup):
     
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  4. sarahk

    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    #4
    good find LGRComp

    I didn't even check to see if there was a function!
     
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  5. qdsouza

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    #5
    Thanks for the help that did it :)
     
    qdsouza, Sep 5, 2005 IP