Re: Ok, I know this may sound like a stupid question...

I'm fairly new to PHP, but looks to me like the only built-in sort functions sort arrays. I'd put your variables into an array and use "asort" or one of the other sort functions on the array. HTH. --- Hardy Merrill Mission Critical Linux, Inc. http://www.missioncriticallinux.com Joe Smargie [joes@th.net] wrote: > > Order is sort of a misnomer. Three variables like that don't really have > an order. They're just three things. Only in the context of an array do > things (the elements of said array) have an order. > > -Joe S. > [------------------------------------------------] > Joe Smargie <joes@th.net> > Systems Administrator - Technology Horizons > > 1-413-253-7700 (888-762-2283) > [------------------------------------------------] > > This message is intended to be confidential and may be legally privileged. > It is intended solely for the addressee. Unless authorized, any disclosure, > copying, distribution or action taken or omitted in reliance on this message > is prohibited and may be unlawful. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Boget, Chris" <Chris.Boget@wild.net> > To: "PHP (E-mail)" <php-general@lists.php.net> > Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 1:11 PM > Subject: [PHP] Ok, I know this may sound like a stupid question... > > > > but I've been trying to find *simple* logic to do > > this and I cannot seem to wrap my head around > > it... > > > > I have 4 variables that are dynamically assigned > > numerical values. Let's say, after all the dynamic > > assignement is completed, I end up with: > > > > $this = 13; > > $that = 9; > > $other = 27; > > $bob = 2; > > > > What is the simplest way to figure out what order > > those variables should go in ascending order.... > > Without putting the above 4 variables in an array... > > > > I've got some code, but it's soooo long. Longer than > > it should be, I'm sure. > > > > Thanks for any help you can provide! > > > > Chris > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net