RE: [PHP] Sort an array by it's values SOLVED

Never Mind, I had mixed upper and lowercase names in my test... Thanks, Jeff > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff McKeon > Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 10:14 AM > To: Michal Migurski > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: RE: [PHP] Sort an array by it's values > > > > asort() /does/ sort by element value, it just maintains index > > association. Plain old sort() does not. > > Ok, how would I then print out the array in the newly sorted order? > > $names[]= alice; > $names[]= candy; > $names[]= dave; > $names[]= bob; > > While(list($key,$element)=each($names)) > { > echo"$key, $element<BR>"; > } > > Returns: > > 1,alice > 2,candy > 3,dave > 4,bob > > Asort($names); > While(list($key,$element)=each($names)) > { > echo"$key, $element<BR>"; > } > > Also returns: > 1,alice > 2,candy > 3,dave > 4,bob > > What am I missing here? > > Jeff > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Michal Migurski [mailto:mike@teczno.com] > > Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 10:09 AM > > To: Jeff McKeon > > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > > Subject: Re: [PHP] Sort an array by it's values > > > > > > > Is there a command similar to asort() that will sort the > > elements of > > > an array not by their key values but by the element values? > > > > asort() /does/ sort by element value, it just maintains index > > association. Plain old sort() does not. > > > > If you actually want to sort by key value, you want ksort(). > > > > There's a complete list of all the sort functions at: > > http://php.net/manual/en/ref.array.php > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > michal migurski- contact info and pgp key: > > sf/ca http://mike.teczno.com/contact.html > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >