Generate an array of random integers that averages (or closes) to a given float or integer

gistfile1.txt

<?php 
function getRandomintegersFloatAvg($target, $count, $min = 1, $max = 5, $precision = 2) {
    if ($target > $max) return FALSE;
    if ($target < $min) return FALSE;
    if ($count < 1) return FALSE;
    if ($count === 1) return array(round($target));
    
    $values = array();
    for ($i = 0; $i < $count; $i++) {
      $values[] = mt_rand($min, $max);
    }
    
    $distance = round($target - (array_sum($values) / $count));
    $target = round($target, $precision);
    $avg = round(array_sum($values) / $count, $precision);

    
    if ($distance !== 0) {
      $adjuster = $distance > 0 ? 1 : -1;
      $i = 0;
      while ($i != $distance) {
        $random_key = array_rand($values);
        $values[$random_key] += $adjuster;
        $i += $adjuster;
      }
    }
    return $values;
  }
  ?>