function randsurname() { $handle = "sn.txt"; if ($handle) { $buffer = file($handle); $a = rand(0, count($buffer)); $surname = $buffer[$a]; return $surname; } } function selfile ($j) { if ($j = '1') { $handle2 = "females.txt"; } if ($j = '2') { $handle2 = "males.txt"; } if ($handle2) { $buffer2 = file($handle2); $b = rand(0, count($buffer2)) ; $name = $buffer2[$b]; return $name; } } function randperson() { $which = mt_rand (1,2); $name = selfile ($which); $surname = randsurname(); $person = $name . $surname; return $person; } echo "Name is : $name"; echo "Person is " .randperson()