Re: sorting arrays

On Tue, 2005-03-08 at 18:24, Brian A. Anderson wrote: > Say I create a "matches" array from a set of SQL queries With each query, > an entry is added to my matches array. If the name already exists, its value > gets incremented. How can I sort the array based on the highest number of > hits? > > What is the sort method? Say this is the array: > > array('lma-bg51' => 1, 'mcr-vh14' => 2, 'gmc-rr21' => 5, > 'amh-fg23' => 1) This is a really tough one straight from the PHP docs: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.arsort.php And since you're not very good at using the manual I'll just draw your attention to the "sort flags" now so you don't need to make ask for another spoon feeding. Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------'