php percentage chance

Question

This is really more a question of approach, but I\'m presenting it in php.

Suppose we had a list of four percentages that a give event will occur on iteration.

Answer 1

I'd do something like:

$arr = array (
    'walk the dog'    =>  array('min' =>  0, 'max' =>  25),
    'read the paper'  =>  array('min' => 25, 'max' =>  50),
    'drink coffee'    =>  array('min' =>  0, 'max' =>   0),
    'listen to music' =>  array('min' => 50, 'max' => 100),
);

$rnd = rand(1,100);
foreach($arr as $k =>$v) {
    if ($rnd > $v['min'] && $rnd <= $v['max']) {
        echo $k,"\n";
    }
}