RE: [PHP] Sorting array based on key string

dunno if this'll work... but here goes... sort($data); ksort($data); but ksort() might mangle the order from sort(). In that case, you'll need to write your sort routine that retains the old order -----Original Message----- From: Peter J. Pieczora [mailto:pjpieczora@sympatico.ca] Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 5:35 AM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] Sorting array based on key string Pardon my sloppy explanation but here it is: how can i sort an array based on key element ie. key values are: a1, a2 ,a3 ..., b1, b2 ,b3, ...c1, c1, c3... so doing this: while (list($k, $v) = each($data)) { for ($i=0; $i<count($k); $i++) { echo "$k[0] = $v\n<br>"; } will list all the $k $v . a = foo a = bar b = another foo ....... and so on Now, how can i sort it according to $k[0] where $k[0] = a, than the same for all b's and so on. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php