将PHP随机排列的数组打印到有序列表

Question

I want to shuffle an array once a week and print it in an order list like this. So once a week this order would be different. I have the code for the array shuffle below, but having trouble printing the array to the ordered list - was going to figure out how to fire the script once a week after I got this part figured out.

1. Northland
2. North Linden
3. South Linden
4. Brice-Tussing
5. Greater Hilltop
6. Southside

Here is the php code for the array shuffle:

<?php
$area_list = array(1 => "Northland", 2 => "North Linden", 3 => "South Linden", 4 => "Brice-Tussing", 5 => "Greater Hilltop", 6 => "Southside");
shuffle($area_list);
print_r($area_list); 
?>  

And this is my (bloated) code for the ordered list (ol):

<ol>
    <li> 
      <div align="left"> 
        <div align="left"><font color="#333333"><font size="2" >Northland</font></font></div>
      </div>
    </li>
    <li> 
      <div align="left"> 
        <div align="left"><font color="#333333"><font size="2" > North Linden</font></font></div>
      </div>
    </li>
    <li> 
      <div align="left"> 
        <div align="left"><font color="#333333"><font size="2" > South Linden</font></font></div>
      </div>
    </li>
    <li> 
      <div align="left"> 
        <div align="left"><font color="#333333"><font size="2" > Brice-Tussing</font></font></div>
      </div>
    </li>
    <li> 
      <div align="left"> 
        <div align="left"><font color="#333333"><font size="2" > Greater Hilltop</font></font></div>
      </div>
    </li>
    <li>
      <div align="left">
        <div align="left"><font color="#333333"><font size="2" > Southside 
          </font></font></div>
      </div>
    </li>
</ol>

Columbus Ohio neighborhoods in case you were wondering. Thanks.

Answer 1

You can achieve this using foreach :

<?php
$area_list = array(1 => "Northland", 2 => "North Linden", 3 => "South Linden", 4 => "Brice-Tussing", 5 => "Greater Hilltop", 6 => "Southside");
shuffle($area_list);
echo "<ol>";
foreach($area_list as $area){
    echo '<li><div align="left"><div align="left"><font color="#333333"><font size="2" >'.$area.'</font></font></div></div></li>';
}
echo "</ol>";
?>

Answer 2

All you need to do is output your starting tags (for the OL), and then loop through the $area_list array:

<ol><?php foreach ($area_list as $al) {

?><li> 
  <div align="left"> 
    <div align="left"><font color="#333333"><font size="2" ><?php echo $al;
?></font></font></div>
      </div>
    </li>
<?php 
}

After that, output your closing "" and you should have what you want, or close to it. Post back if you have further questions/problems.