Re: sorting LDAP queries... (yes, again)

>OK, I'm running a query against our LDAP server and outputting the >results to PDF via PHP. All works great except, of course, the results >are not alphabetical. SO I tried the much overused and malfinctioning [snip] Try this approach: Run your LDAP query Copy returned data to a key->value associative array, making the key the field(s) you want to sort on. use ksort() eg $info = ldap_get_entries(... ); $num = count($info); for ($i=0; $i<$num; $i++){ $names[$info[$i]["sn"][0].$info[$i]["givenname"][0]] = array($info[$i]["givenname"][0], $info[$i]["sn"][0], $info[$i]["mail"][0]); } ksort($names); This gives you the $names array sorted on sn+givenname assuming your LDAP query was for sn, givenname and mail Regards Nick Talbott IT Policy and Strategy Manager, Powys County Council, UK email nickt@powys.gov.uk FAX +44 (0) 1597 824781 web http://www.powys.gov.uk and http://www.powysweb.co.uk