str_shuffle()

str_shuffle() — Randomly shuffles a string.

Built-in function of PHP 8.5. The manual lists it as available in PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8. This page is the reference card: signature, parameters and return value, plus the changelog and the example the manual provides.

What it does

str_shuffle() shuffles a string. One permutation of all possible is created.

Signature

str_shuffle(string $string): string

Parameters

Return value

Returns the shuffled string.

Example

A runnable snippet:

$str = 'abcdef'; $shuffled = str_shuffle($str); // This will echo something like: bfdaec echo $shuffled;

Changelog

All PHP 8.5 built-in functions

Reference card built from the PHP manual page str_shuffle() (PHP documentation, CC BY 3.0). The page is generated from the manual, so the wording of the parameter and return value text follows php.net.