array sorting

Hi there, I would like to save some db power by putting values into a file which are often used. They basicly populate a select field. So I placed those values into associative arrays: $code[language] = array("1"=> "php", "2"=> "asp"); Now I would like to sort those for displaying after my preference, not by lets say alphabet. The easiest thing I could think of, is just to move the entry: $code[language] = array("2"=> "asp", "1"=> "php"); But this of course does not work. I would like to be able to place values later on inbetween. So if somebody comes up with a language called ".net" :-) I would like to place it in the middle, but I cant get it to work like that :-( To build the select box I use following code: <select name="education"> <option value ="0" selected>---</option> '; ################################################ # build the select field for ($i=1; $i <= count($code[education]); $i++){ if ($education) $isselected = ($i == $education) ? " selected" : ""; // select the active row else $isselected = FALSE; printf ("<option value =\"%s\"%s>%s</option>\n", $i, $isselected, $code[education][$i]); }; ################################################ echo' </select> Has anybody an idea which could help me on that? Thank you for any help. Merlin