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<?php
/**
 * Coin flipper class helps determine outcome of situations in which an outcome
 * cannot be decided by sheer manpower alone.
 * 
 * @author Scott Martin <scottayy@devnetwork.net>
 * @license None, don't even try to use this or your hair will turn yellow
 */
class coin {
	/**
	 * The outcome determinators
	 * 
	 * Each invocation of this object will require a determinator upon which the
	 * object relies to build a determined outcome. These are those determinators.
	 * 
	 * @access private
	 * @var array
	 */
	private static $_sides = array('heads', 'tails');
 
	/**
	 * The determinating method
	 * 
	 * This method, when called, invokes a determination sequence and returns a
	 * determined value for use in decision making.
	 * 
	 * @access public
	 * @return string Randomly selected determinator
	 */
	public static function flip() {
		// Quick, randomize me some determinators
		shuffle(self::$_sides);
 
		// Quick, offer it back before it gets angry
		return self::$_sides[mt_rand(0, 1)];
	}
}
 
/**
 * We should always test our determinating decision establisher
 *
 * 2,4,6,8 You know you want to determinate
 */
echo coin::flip();
?>

<?php
/**
 * Coin flipper class helps determine outcome of situations in which an outcome
 * cannot be decided by shear manpower alone.
 * 
 * @author Scott Martin <scottayy@devnetwork.net>
 * @license None, don't even try to use this or your hair will turn yellow
 */
class coin {
	/**
	 * The outcome determinators
	 * 
	 * Each invocation of this object will require a determinator upon which the
	 * object relies to build a determined outcome. These are those determinators.
	 * 
	 * @access private
	 * @var array
	 */
	private $_sides = array('heads', 'tails');
 
	/**
	 * The determinating method
	 * 
	 * This method, when called, invokes a determination sequence and returns a
	 * determined value for use in decision making.
	 * 
	 * @access public
	 * @return string Randomly selected determinator
	 */
	public function flip() {
		// Quick, randomize me some determinators
		shuffle($this->_sides);
 
		// Quick, offer it back before it gets angry
		return $this->_sides[mt_rand(0, 1)];
	}
}
 
/**
 * We should always test our determinating decision establisher
 */
$coin = new coin;
 
/**
 * 2,4,6,8 You know you want to determinate
 */
echo $coin->flip();
?>