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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);

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