How can I pick a random word from a file of comma-separated words?
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@Jesse you have posted a link to this same page. – mickmackusa Aug 27 '22 at 00:05
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Related: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/306400/how-can-i-randomly-select-an-item-from-a-list – Jesse Nickles Aug 27 '22 at 04:11
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$var = file_get_contents('the_file.txt'); //Take the contents from the file to the variable
$result = explode(',',$var); //Split it by ','
echo = $result[array_rand($result)]; //Return a random entry from the array.
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echo explode(',',file_get_contents('file.txt'))[rand(0,99)];
That is it in the least amount of code.
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