PHP 4.0 Bug #9671 Updated: Sorting arrays with norwegian letters

ID: 9671 Updated by: sniper Reported By: webmaster@sandnessjoen.net Old-Status: Open Status: Closed Bug Type: Arrays related Assigned To: Comments: The sort() function isn't locale aware. Use this instead: <? // List of norwegian names, with norwegian letters $to_be_sorted = array(mamma, øyvind, sondre, værner, ærlend, odd, hedvig, åsmund, birgit); setlocale("LC_COLLATE", "no_NO"); usort($to_be_sorted, "strcoll"); print_r($to_be_sorted); ?> http://www.php.net/strcoll http://www.php.net/setlocale --Jani Previous Comments: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2001-03-10 07:51:05] webmaster@sandnessjoen.net I think I have found a bug in the function 'sort'. It does not sort correct with norwegian letters. The norwegian alphabeth is made of 29 letters. The three last ones are spesial for norway (and sweden and denmark). Heres a sample of our alphabeth: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzæøå And here are some code... <? // List of norwegian names, with norwegian letters $to_be_sorted = array(mamma, øyvind, sondre, værner, ærlend, odd, hedvig, åsmund, birgit); sort($to_be_sorted); for ($i = 0; $i < sizeof($to_be_sorted); $i ++) { echo $to_be_sorted[$i]."<br>n"; } ?> This prodused this putput: birgit hedvig mamma odd sondre værner åsmund ærlend øyvind But it should have been: birgit hedvig mamma odd sondre værner ærlend øyvind åsmund Yours Håkon Flatøy PS: PHP is GREAT! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ATTENTION! Do NOT reply to this email! To reply, use the web interface found at http://bugs.php.net/?id=9671&edit=2