How to generate a certain amount from PHP array? -

i'm trying generate list php array when user enters number say, 3, 3 total of each element in array displayed.

example:

$number_to_generate = 3; jobs = array('academic', 'administrator', 'architect',.......);  output: academic academic academic administrator administrator administrator     architect architect architect 

this have:

// check if tmp_profession_array empty // if empty grab random profession , add tmp_profession_array array_filter($tmp_profession_array); if (empty($tmp_profession_array)) {     $profession = array_rand($professions_array, 1);     $tmp_profession_array[$profession] = 1; } else {     // if not empty, grab last profession     end($tmp_profession_array);     $profession = key($tmp_profession_array);     //// if not less amount generate grab new profession not exist in tmp_profession_array     if ($tmp_profession_array[$profession] > $number_to_generate) {         $break = true;         while ($break) {             if (in_array($profession, $tmp_profession_array)) {                 $profession = array_rand($professions_array, 1);             } else {                 $break = false;             }         }     //// if profession count less amount generate use     } elseif ($tmp_profession_array[$profession] < $number_to_generate) {         $tmp_profession_array[$profession] += 1;     } } 

very easy if understand correctly want.

//  how many times want see each job? $numbertogenerate = 3;  //  list of jobs have $jobs = array('academic', 'administrator', 'architect');  //  loop on jobs foreach($jobs $job){     //  loop $numbertogenerate times     for($i=0; $i < $numbertogenerate; $i++){         //  echo output         echo $i.'-'.$job.'<br />';     } }  //  done exit;