Simple PHP question

I want to be able to randomly select the following from an array:

1). An image
2). A piece of text (name of tge image)
3). A piece of text (description of the image)


I want to be able to build a static array with the values hardcoded into
the array, and then be able to randomly select an item from the array
and retrieve the image, name and description.

I am new to PHP, but have been programming C/C++ for over 10 years.

In C++ it would look something like this:

class ImageInfo
{
public:
ImageInfo(const std::string& path, const std::string& name, const
std::string& descr);
ImageInfo(const ImageInfo&);
~ImageInfo();

std::string PathName() const ;
std::string Name() const ;
std::string Description() const ;

private:
std::string m_path, m_name, m_descr;
}

static std::vector<ImageInfo> theArray ;


static const ImageInfo& getRandomImageInfo()
{
//generate a random number less than number of items in vector
size_t index = random_index(theArray.size());
return theArray[index];
}

I need to know how to translate this into PHP. I know PHP does not have
the equivalent of the STL, so I will have to use use arrays instead. Any
help will be much appreciated.

En las nuevas, Ronald Raygun escribió:
> (...)
> I need to know how to translate this into PHP. I know PHP does not have the
> equivalent of the STL, so I will have to use use arrays instead. Any help
> will be much appreciated.


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$images = array(
[1] => array(
'path' => '/whatever',
'name' => 'TheName',
'descr' => 'TheDescr')
),
[2] => array(
'path' => '/whatever',
'name' => 'TheName',
'descr' => 'TheDescr')
),
[3] => array(
'path' => '/whatever',
'name' => 'TheName',
'descr' => 'TheDescr')
),
....
[n] => array(
'path' => '/whatever',
'name' => 'TheName',
'descr' => 'TheDescr')
),
);



To get name #3...

echo $images[3]['name'];


The list start in #1, but you can start by 0 or any number or even a
text identifier.