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PHP: pick random element from array
For some reason, this isn't second nature for me yet:

$_index = array_rand($ARRAY);

$random_element = $ARRAY[$_index];


I think this can also be done in one step like this:

$random_element = $ARRAY[array_rand($ARRAY)];


Both only work for picking one element from array.

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