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<?php $data['slider'] = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]; //remove 3 first elements from main array $first = array_slice($data['slider'], 0, 3); //shuffle 3 elements shuffle($first); //replace old first three $data['slider'] = array_replace($data['slider'], $first); var_export($data);
Output for 7.1.7, 7.1.11 - 7.1.12, 7.1.16, 7.1.18, 7.1.25 - 7.1.26, 7.1.29, 7.1.31, 7.2.6, 7.2.18 - 7.2.19, 7.3.11, 7.4.0
array ( 'slider' => array ( 0 => 3, 1 => 2, 2 => 1, 3 => 4, 4 => 5, 5 => 6, 6 => 7, 7 => 8, 8 => 9, ), )
Output for 7.1.9, 7.1.17, 7.2.1 - 7.2.5, 7.2.10 - 7.2.12, 7.2.17, 7.2.24 - 7.2.25, 7.3.5, 7.3.12
array ( 'slider' => array ( 0 => 3, 1 => 1, 2 => 2, 3 => 4, 4 => 5, 5 => 6, 6 => 7, 7 => 8, 8 => 9, ), )
Output for 7.1.1 - 7.1.2, 7.1.14, 7.1.30, 7.2.22, 7.3.0, 7.3.3, 7.3.9 - 7.3.10
array ( 'slider' => array ( 0 => 2, 1 => 1, 2 => 3, 3 => 4, 4 => 5, 5 => 6, 6 => 7, 7 => 8, 8 => 9, ), )
Output for 7.1.0, 7.1.10, 7.1.15, 7.2.7 - 7.2.8, 7.2.20, 7.3.4, 7.3.6, 7.3.8
array ( 'slider' => array ( 0 => 1, 1 => 2, 2 => 3, 3 => 4, 4 => 5, 5 => 6, 6 => 7, 7 => 8, 8 => 9, ), )
Output for 7.1.4 - 7.1.6, 7.1.8, 7.1.28, 7.1.32, 7.2.0, 7.2.9, 7.2.13, 7.2.23, 7.3.1 - 7.3.2, 7.3.7
array ( 'slider' => array ( 0 => 2, 1 => 3, 2 => 1, 3 => 4, 4 => 5, 5 => 6, 6 => 7, 7 => 8, 8 => 9, ), )
Output for 7.1.3, 7.1.13, 7.1.19, 7.1.27, 7.1.33, 7.2.21
array ( 'slider' => array ( 0 => 1, 1 => 3, 2 => 2, 3 => 4, 4 => 5, 5 => 6, 6 => 7, 7 => 8, 8 => 9, ), )

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