--TEST-- array_shuffle(): Test return type and value for expected input --FILE-- 1); var_dump(shuffle($a)); var_dump($a); $a = array("a" => 1); var_dump(shuffle($a)); var_dump($a); $a = array(array(1, 2, 3)); var_dump(shuffle($a)); var_dump($a); $a = array(1, 1, 1, 1); var_dump(shuffle($a)); var_dump($a); $arr1 = array(5 => 1, 6 => 2, 7 => 3, 8 => 9); $arr2 = array(5 => 1, 6 => 2, 7 => 3, 8 => 9); shuffle($arr1); echo "this should be 0->...." . count(array_diff($arr1, $arr2)) . "\n"; echo "this should be 4->...." . count(array_intersect($arr1, $arr2)) . "\n"; $bigarray = range(1, 400); shuffle($bigarray); echo "this should be 400->...." . count($bigarray) . "\n"; echo "*** testing pass by reference \n"; $original = $bigarray; shuffle($bigarray); $diffarray = array_diff_assoc($original, $bigarray); if (count($diffarray) < 350) { // with 400 entries, the probability that 50 entries or more get the same // key-> value association should be so close to zero it wont happen in the lifetime of the // universe. echo "shuffled array seems to be similar to original\n"; var_dump($original); var_dump($bigarray); } else { echo "test passed \n"; } ?> --EXPECT-- *** testing array_shuffle bool(true) array(0) { } bool(true) array(1) { [0]=> int(1) } bool(true) array(1) { [0]=> int(1) } bool(true) array(1) { [0]=> int(1) } bool(true) array(1) { [0]=> array(3) { [0]=> int(1) [1]=> int(2) [2]=> int(3) } } bool(true) array(4) { [0]=> int(1) [1]=> int(1) [2]=> int(1) [3]=> int(1) } this should be 0->....0 this should be 4->....4 this should be 400->....400 *** testing pass by reference test passed