Question

Alright so i’m trying to put value in an array and shuffle them to be random, then have it use that random value in a query. I know my code is bad and not to use mysql anymore lets stay off that topic please.
I don’t understand why this isn’t working I have other things like it that work just fine.
right now it ignores the if statement and gives them a ticket each time.

if(isset($_POST['Submit'])) {

    $ticket = array("0","0","0","0","0","0","0","1");
    shuffle($ticket);

    if ($ticket >= 1) {
        echo "You have Found a Shop Ticket!" ;
        mysql_query("UPDATE users SET ticket=ticket+1 WHERE username = '".$_SESSION['username']."'") 
            or die(mysql_error());
    } else {
        echo "";
    }
}

Answer 1

You’re checking if the entire array is >= 1, which is obviously TRUE all the time.

Pick a value instead:

$ticket = array_shift($ticket); // do this after you shuffle