Re: sorting array in predefined order - uksort

Your comparison function doesn't compare anything. You should look at $a and $b and return an answer indicating which one comes first. If you want $a to come before $b, return -1. If they're the same, return 0. If you want $a to come after $b in the sorted list, return 1. miguel On Fri, 24 May 2002, olinux wrote: > I am trying to sort array by key to a defined order - > I thought uksort would be best option. Here's what i > have come up with from the manual example - however it > doesn't work at all. > > I want to sort this array by $region > > Array looks like this: > $articles[$region][$article_id][$column_name] > > // END ADD ARTICLES TO MULTIDIMENSIONAL ARRAY > > // SORT ARRAY BY REGION > function cmp ($a, $b) { > if ($a == 'national') return 0; > elseif ($a == 'international') return 5; > elseif ($a == 'west') return 1; > elseif ($a == 'south') return 2; > elseif ($a == 'east') return 3; > elseif ($a == 'midwest') return 4; > } > > uksort ($articles, "cmp"); > > Thanks much, > olinux > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience > http://launch.yahoo.com > >