I have query from which I need to take random values (random rows) and limit to, lets say, 5 results and subtract them from main array (query). How can I do this?
This is query function:
public function galerija_jedna_slike()
{
$galerija = $this->db->order_by('id_galerija', 'RANDOM')->limit(1)->get($this->table)->row();
$q = " SELECT * FROM galerija_slike
LEFT JOIN galerije
ON galerija_slike.galerija_id = galerije.id_galerija
WHERE galerija_id = $galerija->id_galerija ";
return $this->db->query($q)->result_array();
}
I managed to get random values, and now I need to remove those values from the main array. Function:
function array_random_assoc($arr, $num = 1) {
$keys = array_keys($arr);
shuffle($keys);
$r = array();
for ($i = 0; $i < $num; $i++) {
$r[$keys[$i]] = $arr[$keys[$i]];
}
return $r;
}
Load the entire table:
$gallery = $this->db->query("SELECT * FROM gallery;");
Let choose five random rows from gallery:
$max_items = 5;
$num = $query->num_rows();
$row = $query->row(rand(0, $num - 1));
$minus = array(); //store the ids to include
for ($i = 0; $i < $max_items; $i ++)
$minus[] = $gallery ->row(rand(0, $num - 1));
Iterate the gallery to build two arrays, 1. Gallery minus random rows 2. Random rows
$data = array();
foreach ($gallery ->result() as $row)
{
if (in_array($row->id, $minus))
$data['random'][] = $row
else
$data['gallery'][] = $row
}
Now, the array $data['gallery']
has all the items without the randon rows. And $data[random]
is an array containing the random rows.
This should give some idea. Note: Code not tested.
public function galerija_jedna_slike()
{
$galerija = $this->db->order_by('id_galerija', 'RANDOM')->limit(1)->get($this->table)->row();
//query to get only id
$q = "SELECT id FROM galerija_slike WHERE galerija_id = $galerija->id_galerija ";
$result = $this->db->query($q)->result_array();
$ids = array();
foreach($result as $row){
$ids[] = $row['id'];
}
//shuffle id arrays or other function to randomize
shuffle($ids);
$ids = array_slice($ids,0,5);//gets first 5 ids
$sql = " SELECT * FROM galerija_slike
LEFT JOIN galerije
ON galerija_slike.galerija_id = galerije.id_galerija
WHERE galerija_id = $galerija->id_galerija AND id IN(".implode(',', $ids).")";
return $this->db->query($sql)->result_array();
}
Your problem can be solved in 3 part.
First the query. You have already done that and I will start from there.
You need to generate 5 unique integer within the range of returned array. You also have to be careful in case less than 5 results are returned. Here is the code for that.
$random_integer = array();
for( $i=0; $i<5 && $i<(count($a)-1); $i++){
while( 1 ){
$random_value = rand(0, count($a)-1);
if( in_array($random_value, $random_integer) ){
continue;
}
else{
$random_integer[] = $random_value;
break;
}
}
}
Now you have 5 unique random integer in $random_integer
, within the range of your returned result. If less than 6 entries are returned from query, 1 will be used for normal post and rest will be used for random post. You can change that in the condition of for loop. in_array
will check for any duplicate entry.
The last part is to set these random queries in a separate variable and also truncate them from main queries. You can do it like this. Say, the returned query is $main_query
foreach( $random_integer as $row ){
$random_query[] = $main_query[$row];
unset($main_query[$row]);
}
$main_query = array_values($main_query);
unset
will not change the array keys. array_values
function will normalize the array keys. Now $random_query
will contain 5(max) random queries and $main_query
will contain the rest of the queries.