sort

(PHP 3, PHP 4 >= 4.0.0)

sort -- Sort an array

Description

void sort (array array [, int sort_flags])

This function sorts an array. Elements will be arranged from lowest to highest when this function has completed.

Example 1. sort() example


<?php

$fruits = array ("lemon", "orange", "banana", "apple");
sort ($fruits);
reset ($fruits);
while (list ($key, $val) = each ($fruits)) {
    echo "fruits[".$key."] = ".$val; 
}
 
?>
      

This example would display:


fruits[0] = apple
fruits[1] = banana
fruits[2] = lemon
fruits[3] = orange
      

The fruits have been sorted in alphabetical order.

The optional second parameter sort_flags may be used to modify the sorting behavior using these values:

Sorting type flags:

See also: arsort(), asort(), ksort(), natsort(), natcasesort(), rsort(), usort(), array_multisort(), and uksort().

Note: The second parameter was added in PHP 4.