Just to give you something to chew on, try the code below.

<?php
$myResultsArray           = array();
$numberOfRandNumbersToGet = 3;
$randomNumberRange        = 20;

while(count($myResultsArray) < $numberOfRandNumbersToGet)
{
    do {
        $rand = rand(1, $randomNumberRange);
    }while(in_array($rand, $myResultsArray));

    $myResultsArray[] = $rand;
}
print_r($myResultsArray);

// If you really want $one, $two, $three for exactly three results:
list($one, $two, $three) = $myResultsArray;
echo "1: $one\n2: $two\n3: $three\n";
?>

It is slightly more generic, and you can change things a little
without having to modify a whole bunch of if() statements.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Gray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: 27 October 2003 12:26
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PHP] Randomizing 3 different numbers.

I am tring to output 3 different random numbers between 1
and 20 into 3 different strings.  Using Rand() for each
string isn't sufficient as I may get the same number
repeated for one of the other strings- eg 1,1,3 or 5,3,3 .
It's important that I get three different numbers outputted
into for example $one, $two, $three.

Can anyone help?

Ian

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