Selecting a random element from a PHP associative array

Question

I\'ve got an associative array in PHP and want to select a random key/value pair out of it. Here\'s what I have so far:

Initialize.

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Answer 1

your push is wrong

$locations[$location_id] = $location_name;

it should be

so, there is nothing about selecting random element in your question.
always debug your code, just to see if you have proper data before using it

Answer 2

$array = array('a' => 1, 'b' => 2);
$key = array_rand($array);
$value = $array[$key];

Answer 3

array_rand() returns a key from the array, not a value. You can just use:

$location_name = $locations[$rand];

To get the location name.

Here's a full example: http://codepad.org/zR2YdMGN

Just click submit a few times, you'll see the random working.