note 65191 added to function.array-multisort

<?php /* A simple way to use array_multisort() to sort a multidimensional array : Here is how I managed to alphabetically sort an array of french words, with accents. I wanted characters like 'é' or 'è' or 'ê' to be treated as simple 'e', otherwise these characters would appear after 'z' in alphabetical order. */ $words = array ('école', 'emploi', 'âtre', 'ennui', 'écrêmé', 'émoi', 'echo', 'alisé');// --- the array --- $search = array ('/é/','/è/','/ê/','/â/','/à/','/ô/'); $replace = array ('e','e','e','a','a','o'); for ($i=0; $i<count($words); $i++){ $words2[$i][0] = preg_replace($search, $replace, $words [$i]); // --- without accents --- $words 2[$i][1] = $words [$i]; // --- with accents --- } array_multisort($words2); for ($i=0; $i<count($words2); $i++){ $words[$i] = $words2[$i][1]; } /* Now the array would be as follows : $words = array ('alisé', 'âtre', 'echo', 'école', 'écrêmé', 'émoi','emploi', ennui'); */ ?> ---- Server IP: 195.221.21.36 Probable Submitter: 213.190.70.88 ---- X-Spam-Status: Yes, hits=7.4 required=5.0 tests=DATE_MISSING,FROM_NO_LOWER, HEAD_ILLEGAL_CHARS autolearn=no version=2.64 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.array-multisort.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/note/edit/65191 Del: integrated -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/65191/integrated Del: useless -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/65191/useless Del: bad code -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/65191/bad+code Del: spam -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/65191/spam Del: non-english -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/65191/non-english Del: in docs -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/65191/in+docs Del: other reasons-- http://master.php.net/note/delete/65191 Reject -- http://master.php.net/note/reject/65191 Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php