Re: Sort two coupled arrays

On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 04:09:47PM -0400, tedd wrote: > Hi gang: > > Here's the problem -- I want to sort and combine two arrays into one > sorted array. Here's a real-world example: > > Array 1 > ( > [1] => 75 > [2] => 31 > [3] => 31 > [4] => 31 > [5] => 40 > ) > > Array 2 > ( > [1] => Personal Email > [2] => Personal Phone > [3] => Web site > [4] => Text Message > [5] => USPS mail > ) > > After the operation, I want this: > > Array > ( > [75] => Personal Email > [40] => USPS mail > [31] => Personal Phone > [31] => Web site > [31] => Text Message > ) > > Note: This is a descending-sort of Array 1 while being coupled to > index of Array 2. In other words, the order of Array 2 depends upon > the order of Array 1 -- the two arrays are coupled. > > I've solved this problem, but my solution is pretty lame. There has > to be a better/slicker way. Just so I understand the way arrays work in PHP (gee, I *thought* I did!), as you add the final three elements in the final array, won't they overwrite each other? I was under the impression that a *numerically* indexed array has a constraint that the numeric indexes be unique, if not contiguous. Am I wrong? If so, please provide a reference. Or are those "numbers" really strings? Paul -- Paul M. Foster