How can PHP be used to display messages in a chat simulation from a database in random order?

To display messages in a chat simulation from a database in random order, you can fetch all the messages from the database, store them in an array, shuffle the array to randomize the order, and then display the messages one by one. This way, each time the page is loaded, the messages will be displayed in a different random order. 

<?php
// Connect to the database
$connection = mysqli_connect("localhost", "username", "password", "database");

// Fetch messages from the database
$query = "SELECT message FROM chat_messages";
$result = mysqli_query($connection, $query);

// Store messages in an array
$messages = [];
while($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {
    $messages[] = $row['message'];
}

// Randomize the order of messages
shuffle($messages);

// Display messages
foreach($messages as $message) {
    echo $message . "<br>";
}

// Close the database connection
mysqli_close($connection);
?>

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PHP database chat simulation random order display messages

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