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Functions for Sorting Arrays

 
FUNCTION          SORT BY             REVERSE SORT                MAINTAIN KEY/VALUE CORRELATION

sort              Value               No                          No

rsort             Value               Yes                         No

asort             Value               No                          Yes

arsort            Value               Yes                         Yes

ksort             Key                 No                          Yes

krsort            Key                 Yes                         Yes

usort             Value               User-defined                No

uasort            Value               User-defined                Yes

uksort            Key                 User-defined                Yes

    
   
   

<?php 
    $nums = array(15, 2.2, -4, 2.3, 10); 
    sort($nums); 
    printf("<pre>%s</pre>\n", var_export($nums, TRUE)); 
    $words = array('bird', 'fish', 'George', 'Aden'); 
    sort($words); 
    printf("<pre>%s</pre>\n", var_export($words, TRUE)); 
    $dogs = array('A' => 'C', 'B' => 'D', 'X' => 'Z', 'Q' => 'T'); 
    sort($dogs); 
    printf("<pre>%s</pre>\n", var_export($dogs, TRUE)); 
?>
  
  








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