Because I’m nerdy I decided to write a quick PHP script to handle the assigning of people for my family’s Secret Santa. It’s short, simple, and not-error checked or bug proof in the least.
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<?php
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echo "Christmas Secret Santa<br>\n";
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//Build the two arrays. I could in theory use a single array and double it but I was lazy and just defined it twice.
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$giver = array('Rudolph','Donner','Blitzen','Santa');
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$receiver = array('Rudolph','Donner','Blitzen','Santa');
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//Randomize the two arrays
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shuffle($giver);
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shuffle($receiver);
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//We're going to iterate through the giver array for the individuals.
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foreach ($giver as $g) {
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//Make sure that the giver and the receiver are not the same person
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while ($receiver[0] == $g) {
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//Shuffle the array to randomize it.
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shuffle($receiver);
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}
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//Grab the first person off the receiver array
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$r = $receiver[0];
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//Echo out the result
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echo $g." – ".$r."<br>\n";
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//Remove that first person from the array, so we only have ungifted people remaining.
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$receiver = array_slice($receiver,1);
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}?>
So nerdy. Maybe later I’ll do it as a javascript snippet.
