(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
str_shuffle — Randomly shuffles a string
str_shuffle() shuffles a string. One permutation of all possible is created.
This function does not generate cryptographically secure values, and must not be used for cryptographic purposes, or purposes that require returned values to be unguessable.
If cryptographically secure randomness is required, the Random\Randomizer may be used with the Random\Engine\Secure engine. For simple use cases, the random_int() and random_bytes() functions provide a convenient and secure API that is backed by the operating system’s CSPRNG.
This function uses the global Mt19937 (“Mersenne Twister”) instance as the source of randomness and thus shares its state with all other functions using the global Mt19937. Using any of these functions advances the sequence for all the other functions, regardless of scope.
Generating repeatable sequences by seeding mt_srand() or srand() with a known value will also yield repeatable output from this function.
Prefer using Random\Randomizer methods in all newly written code.
stringThe input string.
Returns the shuffled string.
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 7.1.0 | The internal randomization algorithm has been changed to use the » Mersenne Twister Random Number Generator instead of the libc rand function. |
Example #1 str_shuffle() example
<?php
$str = 'abcdef';
$shuffled = str_shuffle($str);
// This will echo something like: bfdaec
echo $shuffled;
?>