note 88193 added to function.array-multisort

I had a function to make a sort on a 2D array and I wanted to sort an array using a column that usualy contains numeric values but also strings. Lets say we have this array : Array ( [0] => Array ( "name" = "12000" ), [1] => Array ( "name" = "113" ), [2] => Array ( "name" = "test 01" ), [3] => Array ( "name" = "15000 tests" ), [4] => Array ( "name" = "45" ), [5] => Array ( "name" = "350" ), [6] => Array ( "name" = "725" ), [7] => Array ( "name" = "hello" ) } SORT_STRING whould have returned me this : Array ( // Numeric values are not correctly sorted [0] => Array ( "name" = "113" ), [1] => Array ( "name" = "12000" ), [2] => Array ( "name" = "15000 tests" ), [3] => Array ( "name" = "350" ), [4] => Array ( "name" = "45" ), [5] => Array ( "name" = "725" ), [6] => Array ( "name" = "hello" ), [7] => Array ( "name" = "test 01" ) } SORT_NUMERIC would have returned me this : Array ( // String values are not sorted, just in the same order [0] => Array ( "name" = "test 01" ), [1] => Array ( "name" = "hello" ), [2] => Array ( "name" = "45" ), [3] => Array ( "name" = "113" ), [4] => Array ( "name" = "350" ), [5] => Array ( "name" = "725" ), [6] => Array ( "name" = "12000" ), [7] => Array ( "name" = "15000 tests" ), } So I've made this hybrid code which combines the best of both worlds by merging content sorted either way according to the first caracter of the string: <?php /** * Sorts an array according to a specified column * Params : array $table * string $colname * bool $numeric **/ function sort_col($table, $colname) { $tn = $ts = $temp_num = $temp_str = array(); foreach ($table as $key => $row) { if(is_numeric(substr($row[$colname], 0, 1))) { $tn[$key] = $row[$colname]; $temp_num[$key] = $row; } else { $ts[$key] = $row[$colname]; $temp_str[$key] = $row; } } unset($table); array_multisort($tn, SORT_ASC, SORT_NUMERIC, $temp_num); array_multisort($ts, SORT_ASC, SORT_STRING, $temp_str); return array_merge($temp_num, $temp_str); } ?> It would return something like this : Array ( [2] => Array ( "name" = "45" ), [3] => Array ( "name" = "113" ), [4] => Array ( "name" = "350" ), [5] => Array ( "name" = "725" ), [6] => Array ( "name" = "12000" ), [7] => Array ( "name" = "15000 tests" ), [1] => Array ( "name" = "hello" ), [0] => Array ( "name" = "test 01" ), } ---- Server IP: 66.207.199.35 Probable Submitter: 216.137.100.63 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.array-multisort.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/88193 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88193/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88193/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88193/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88193/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88193/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88193/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88193 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/88193 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php