#20982 [Com]: sort doesn't sort

ID: 20982 Comment by: tom@minnesota.com Reported By: tom@minnesota.com Status: Open Bug Type: Arrays related Operating System: NetBSD/Alpha (64bit) - 1.6 PHP Version: 4.2.2 New Comment: I also tried other various sort functions and they all failed to sort: # cat sort.php <?php // sort() demo echo "\n"; $fruits = array ("lemon", "orange", "banana", "apple"); sort ($fruits); reset ($fruits); while (list ($key, $val) = each ($fruits)) { echo "fruits[".$key."] = ".$val."\n"; } // asort() demo echo "\n"; $fruits = array ("d"=>"lemon", "a"=>"orange", "b"=>"banana", "c"=>"apple"); asort ($fruits); reset ($fruits); while (list ($key, $val) = each ($fruits)) { echo "$key = $val\n"; } // ksort() demo echo "\n"; $fruits = array ("d"=>"lemon", "a"=>"orange", "b"=>"banana", "c"=>"apple"); ksort ($fruits); reset ($fruits); while (list ($key, $val) = each ($fruits)) { echo "$key = $val\n"; } // usort() demo echo "\n"; $fruits = array(); function cmp ($a, $b) { return strcmp($a["fruit"], $b["fruit"]); } $fruits[0]["fruit"] = "lemons"; $fruits[1]["fruit"] = "apples"; $fruits[2]["fruit"] = "grapes"; usort($fruits, "cmp"); while (list ($key, $value) = each ($fruits)) { echo "\$fruits[$key]: " . $value["fruit"] . "\n"; } ?> # php -q sort.php fruits[0] = lemon fruits[1] = orange fruits[2] = banana fruits[3] = apple d = lemon a = orange b = banana c = apple d = lemon a = orange b = banana c = apple $fruits[0]: lemons $fruits[1]: apples $fruits[2]: grapes # Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-12-13 00:09:11] tom@minnesota.com # cat sort.php <?php $fruits = array ("lemon", "orange", "banana", "apple"); sort ($fruits); reset ($fruits); while (list ($key, $val) = each ($fruits)) { echo "fruits[".$key."] = ".$val."\n"; } ?> # php -v 4.2.2 # php -q sort.php fruits[0] = lemon fruits[1] = orange fruits[2] = banana fruits[3] = apple # ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=20982&edit=1