没有在循环中获取数组的实际值

Question

Can you please take a look at this demo and let me know why I am getting only the index number of array instead of actual value?

<?php

$input = array("Neo", "Morpheus", "Trinity", "Cypher", "Tank");
$rand_keys = array_rand($input, 2);

foreach($rand_keys as $value) {
    print $value;
}


$length = count($rand_keys);
for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++) {
    print $rand_keys[$i];
}

?>

Output:

0202

Answer 1

Right now you basically do this:

$input = array("Neo", "Morpheus", "Trinity", "Cypher", "Tank");
$rand_keys = array_rand($input, 2); //Array ( [0] => Random Key 1 [1] => Random Key 2 )

Foreach loop:

foreach($rand_keys as $value) {
  print $value;
}

╔═══════════════╦══════════════╗
║ Iteration Nr. ║    $value    ║
╠═══════════════╬══════════════╣
║ 1             ║ Random Key 1 ║
║ 2             ║ Random Key 2 ║
╚═══════════════╩══════════════╝

For loop:

$length = count($rand_keys);
for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++) {
  print $rand_keys[$i];
}

╔═══════════════╦════╦════════════════╦═════════╗
║ Iteration Nr. ║ $i ║ $rand_keys[$i] ║ $length ║
╠═══════════════╬════╬════════════════╬═════════╣
║ 1             ║ 0  ║ Random Key 1   ║ 2       ║
║ 2             ║ 1  ║ Random Key 2   ║ 2       ║
╚═══════════════╩════╩════════════════╩═════════╝

---

So array_rand() just returns random keys. Use that returned keys to access elements in your input array:

$input = array("Neo", "Morpheus", "Trinity", "Cypher", "Tank");
$rand_keys = array_rand($input, 2);

foreach($rand_keys as $key) {
    echo $input[$key];
}