php random element from array no siblings -

trying item randomly array($colors) without having 2 same colors next each other.

<div class="list">   <?php   foreach ($team $member):     $index++;   ?>   <div class="member location-<?php echo strtolower($member->location); ?>">     <a style="background: #fff url('<?php echo $member->profileimage; ?>') no-repeat;" data-start-date="<?php echo $member->startdate; ?>">       <?php shuffle($colors); // shuffle array ?>       <span class="name" style="background-color: #<?php echo array_pop($colors)->color; ?>"><?php echo $member->name; ?></span>       <span class="job-title"><span class="text"><?php echo $member->jobtitle; ?></span></span>     </a>   </div>   <?php endforeach; ?> </div> 

right have cases when i'm getting color next each other.

how each time different color? i'd mention count($team) > count($colors) (is greater).

update:

$colors looks (i've printed 3 items, count higher)

    array(18) {       [0]=>       object(stdclass)#112 (1) {         ["color"]=>         string(6) "5ebedb"       }       [1]=>       object(stdclass)#111 (1) {         ["color"]=>         string(6) "c75d40"       }       [2]=>       object(stdclass)#110 (1) {         ["color"]=>         string(6) "faaf37"     }   } 

here how can it. striped html tags make solution more understandable.

$colors = [...]; // see definition of $color array $colorcount = count($colors); $lastcolorid = null; foreach ($team $member) {     // choose random color     $colorid = rand(0,$colorcount-1);     if ($lastcolorid == $colorid)      {         // take next color if it's same previous 1         $colorid = ($colorid + 1) % $colorcount;     }     $lastcolorid = $colorid;     // color     $color = $colors[$colorid]->color; }