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asort

rojaro
23-Jun-2004 07:38


Advanced sort array by second index function, which produces ascending (default) or descending output and uses optionally natural case insensitive sorting (which can be optionally case sensitive as well).

Only the first two arguments are required.



<?php



function sabsi ($array, $index, $order='asc', $natsort=FALSE, $case_sensitive=FALSE) {

  if(is_array($array) && count($array)>0) {

    foreach(array_keys($array) as $key) $temp[$key]=$array[$key][$index];

    if(!$natsort) ($order=='asc')? asort($temp) : arsort($temp);

    else {

      ($case_sensitive)? natsort($temp) : natcasesort($temp);

      if($order!='asc') $temp=array_reverse($temp,TRUE);

    }

    foreach(array_keys($temp) as $key) (is_numeric($key))? $sorted[]=$array[$key] : $sorted[$key]=$array[$key];

    return $sorted;

  }

  return $array;

}



?>

csaba at alum dot mit dot edu
23-Jun-2004 04:47


If you have a pair of arrays which have a one to one association (examples: spouses, first to last name, SSN to name), when you sort one, you might wish to sort the other in the same way to maintain the correlation.  This example illustrates a way:





<?php


$aMen = array('Fred', 'Bob', 'Tim', 'John', 'Bill');


$aPartner = array('Sue', 'Mary', 'Ann', 'Cathy', 'Nancy');


asort($aMen);                   // aMen now sorted; numeric keys out of order


$aWomen = array_keys($aMen);    // create a new array for result


foreach ($aWomen as $idx => &$name) $name=$aPartner[$name];


                                // aWomen now has the sorted partners


$aMen = array_merge($aMen);     // put the numeric keys in order


?>





Csaba Gabor

KOmaSHOOTER at gmx dot de
20-May-2003 05:52


here another version from acecream multisorting for arrays :)





 





<?php


function array_sort_multi2($array, $key,$key2)





{


  for ($i = 0; $i < sizeof($array); $i++) {


       if(! empty($array[$i][$key][$key2])){


       $sort_values[$i] = $array[$i][$key][$key2];


       }else{


       $sort_values[$i] = $array[$i];


       }


  } 


  asort ($sort_values);


  reset ($sort_values);


  while (list ($arr_keys, $arr_values) = each ($sort_values)) {


         $sorted_arr[] = $array[$arr_keys];


  }


  return $sorted_arr;


}


?>

spectre at hellfish dot NOSPAM dot org
28-Apr-2003 09:54


that works nicely, tho it breaks the result-array up if one or more of arrays indexes are deleted before sorting. this one should fix it up:



change:

for ($i = 0; $i < sizeof($array); $i++) {



to:

foreach ($array as $i => $k) {

acecream
22-Apr-2003 04:02


my version of sorting multi dimensional array





<?php


function array_sort($array, $key)


{


   for ($i = 0; $i < sizeof($array); $i++) {


        $sort_values[$i] = $array[$i][$key];


   } 


   asort ($sort_values);


   reset ($sort_values);


   while (list ($arr_key, $arr_val) = each ($sort_values)) {


          $sorted_arr[] = $array[$arr_key];


   }


   return $sorted_arr;


}


?>

mbevan at marginsoftware dot com
03-Dec-2002 01:25


Nevermind... use my last note as a quick tip: if you wish to keep the keys, use asort() and arsort() in place of sort() and rsort().

31-Jul-2002 06:48


Sorry, my last post had a typo:


// unnecessary backslashes break create_function, oops.


  if ( is_string($var) ) $var = "\'$var\'";


//it should be:


  if ( is_string($var) ) $var = "'$var'";





-- FIXED and TESTED -- :)





Similar to above but for an array of arrays instead of an array of objects.





<?php


function aasort($x,$var,$cmp='strcasecmp'){


  if ( is_string($var) ) $var = "'$var'";


  uasort($x,


    create_function('$a,$b',


      'return '.$cmp.'( $a['.$var.'],$b['.$var.']);')


  );


  return $x;


}


?>

phzzzt .a.t. acm .d.o.t. org
31-Jul-2002 06:32


Similar to above but for an array of arrays instead of an array of objects.





<?php


function aasort($x,$var,$cmp='strcasecmp'){


  if ( is_string($var) ) $var = "\'$var\'";


  uasort($x,


    create_function('$a,$b',


      'return '.$cmp.'( $a['.$var.'],$b['.$var.']);')


  );


  return $x;


}


?>

salchicha at cable dot net dot co
03-Apr-2002 01:23


Here's one I whipped up to allow you to sort an array of a specific class by a member or function:





<?php


// Sort a class by one of its members (even lowercase!!!)


function casort($arr, $var) {


   $tarr = array();


   $rarr = array();


   for($i = 0; $i < count($arr); $i++) {


      $element = $arr[$i];


      $tarr[] = strtolower($element->{$var});


   }





   reset($tarr);


   asort($tarr);


   $karr = array_keys($tarr);


   for($i = 0; $i < count($tarr); $i++) {


      $rarr[] = $arr[intval($karr[$i])];


   }





   return $rarr;


}


?>





It works very well. For example, I have a Room class with members title, isActive(), date, etc. I can sort an array by casort($rooms, "title") or casort($rooms, "isActive()") and it'll work.

rcwang at cmu dot edu
02-Mar-2002 05:42


Here's my version of sorting multi-dimensional array by 2nd index.


Feel free to change the code to suit your needs.





<?php


function aSortBySecondIndex($multiArray, $secondIndex) {


    while (list($firstIndex, ) = each($multiArray))


        $indexMap[$firstIndex] = $multiArray[$firstIndex][$secondIndex];


    asort($indexMap);


    while (list($firstIndex, ) = each($indexMap))


        if (is_numeric($firstIndex))


            $sortedArray[] = $multiArray[$firstIndex];


        else $sortedArray[$firstIndex] = $multiArray[$firstIndex];


    return $sortedArray;


}


?>

markus at runout dot at
29-Nov-2001 12:37


for sorting CASEINSENSITIVE try


natcasesort()





there's little difference to sort,


but maybe that doesn't matter for you.

martin dot edelius at spirex dot se
28-May-2001 10:27


In the 'asortbyindex' function above there's a $ sign missing from a variable in one of the for loops: 





for ($iteration = 0; $iteration < $lastiteration; iteration++)





should be:





for ($iteration = 0; $iteration < $lastiteration; $iteration++)

freeman at generalresources dot com
04-May-2001 04:51


The asortbyindex($sortarray, $index) looks like sort not asort. The key of the $sortarray was changed.

odeen at gmx dot de
30-Aug-2000 08:05


hi


the 2d arry sort works good for me,


but you should use


strtolower()


for the right alphabetical order, like this:for ($index = 0; $index < strlen ($s1); $index++) { 


/** 


** $s1 comes after $s2 


**/ 





if (strtolower($s1[$index]) > strtolower($s2[$index])) return ($order); 





/** 


** $s1 comes before $s2 


**/ 





if (strtolower($s1[$index]) < strtolower($s2[$index])) return (1 - $order); 


} 





have fun olli

sweetland at whoadammit dot com
15-Aug-2000 12:02


Here's a little routine I whipped up to sort multi-dimensional arrays:


<?php


/**


 ** comesafter ($s1, $s2)


 **


 ** Returns 1 if $s1 comes after $s2 alphabetically, 0 if not.


 **/





function comesafter ($s1, $s2) {


        /**


         ** We don't want to overstep the bounds of one of the strings and segfault,


         ** so let's see which one is shorter.


         **/





        $order = 1;





        if (strlen ($s1) > strlen ($s2)) {


                $temp = $s1;


                $s1 = $s2;


                $s2 = $temp;


                $order = 0;


        }





        for ($index = 0; $index < strlen ($s1); $index++) {


                /**


                 ** $s1 comes after $s2


                 **/





                if ($s1[$index] > $s2[$index]) return ($order);





                /**


                 ** $s1 comes before $s2


                 **/





                if ($s1[$index] < $s2[$index]) return (1 - $order);


        }


 


        /**


         ** Special case in which $s1 is a substring of $s2


         **/





        return ($order);


}





/**


 ** asortbyindex ($sortarray, $index)


 **


 ** Sort a multi-dimensional array by a second-degree index. For instance, the 0th index


 ** of the Ith member of both the group and user arrays is a string identifier. In the


 ** case of a user array this is the username; with the group array it is the group name.


 ** asortby


 **/





function asortbyindex ($sortarray, $index) {


        $lastindex = count ($sortarray) - 1;


        for ($subindex = 0; $subindex < $lastindex; $subindex++) {


                $lastiteration = $lastindex - $subindex;


                for ($iteration = 0; $iteration < $lastiteration;    iteration++) {


                        $nextchar = 0;


                        if (comesafter ($sortarray[$iteration][$index], $sortarray[$iteration + 1][$index])) {


                                $temp = $sortarray[$iteration];


                                $sortarray[$iteration] = $sortarray[$iteration + 1];


                                $sortarray[$iteration + 1] = $temp;


                        }


                }


        }


        return ($sortarray);


}


?>





It's a bit long with all the comments, but I hope it helps.

bwuhlman at tallships dot ca
02-Aug-2000 03:01


Well, actually, asort has *two* annoying features.





It works perfectly well sorting hashes (or associative arrays, as you might have it), but doggedly refuses to sort regular arrays maintaining index assocation. Kind've makes sense, but the docs don't explicitly say you can't do it.





Urgggh.

jacko at kring dot co dot uk
24-Feb-2000 11:26


asort has one anoying feature, it ignores any default or implicit order in the data.  i.e. if two elements of an array contain "banana" then it is not garanteed that the first will still be the first after the sort.


This makes the Burrows-Wheeler block sort a bit of a pain to impliment, with a trailing string having to be appended to all strings before sorting, and removed after sorting. To maintain the so called "banana" order.

otterley.at.dynamine.net
14-Oct-1999 01:34


This function is the equivalent of sort values %hash in Perl.

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