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If this works

<?php $counter = {count};  if ($counter % 3 == 0){echo "</li><li>";}; ?>

why does this not work?

<?php $test = array({exp:weblog:entries weblog="default" 
orderby="random" sort="desc" limit="3" }{if count!=1},{/if}{entry_id}
{/exp:weblog:entries});echo $test[0];?>

normal behaviour would be that it writes an array and then write the first entry to the screen.

Any ideas?

This looks horribly convoluted. What exaclty are you trying to achieve? It can be a bit tricky at times to get the parse order right between EE and PHP.

What i want to achieve is to grab 3 random items and display them on different positions in the page so i have

this layout:
3 items channel x
1 random channel Y
3 items channel x
1 random channel Y ( but not previous random item)
3 items channel x
1 random channel Y ( the remaining random item)

Any suggestion?

Are you trying PHP in input or output row? Also wanted to warn you, this may end up going to the CodeShare Corner.

the PHP is on output. the desired effect is for the code area but the PHP problem is a wierd thing that bugs at the moment

This thread is more appropriate for the CodeShare Corner so moving it there.
You will hopefully get some of the community to brainstorm this with you