sort

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Description

The sort of Array for PHP sort an array in ascending order.

Syntax

sort(
    array &$array,
    int $flags = SORT_REGULAR
): true

Parameters

array

The input array.

flags

Modify the sorting behavior.

Constant	Description
SORT_REGULAR	compare items normally
SORT_NUMERIC	compare items numerically
SORT_STRING	compare items as strings
SORT_LOCALE_STRING	compare items as strings, based on the current locale. It uses the locale, which can be changed using setlocale()
SORT_NATURAL	compare items as strings using "natural ordering" like natsort()
SORT_FLAG_CASE	can be combined (bitwise OR) with SORT_STRING or SORT_NATURAL to sort strings case-insensitively

Return

Returns true.

Examples

1 · array

<?

$array =
[
    "d" => "Lemon",
    "a" => "orange",
    "B" => "Banana",
    "C" => "apple"
];

sort($array);

print_r($array);

?>

Array
(
    [0] => Banana
    [1] => Lemon
    [2] => apple
    [3] => orange
)

2 · flags · SORT_REGULAR

<?

$array =
[
    "d" => "Lemon",
    "a" => "orange",
    "B" => "Banana",
    "C" => "apple"
];
$flags = SORT_REGULAR;

sort($array, $flags);

print_r($array);

?>

Array
(
    [0] => Banana
    [1] => Lemon
    [2] => apple
    [3] => orange
)

3 · flags · SORT_NUMERIC

<?

$array =
[
    "d" => "Lemon",
    "a" => "orange",
    "B" => "Banana",
    "C" => "apple"
];
$flags = SORT_NUMERIC;

sort($array, $flags);

print_r($array);

?>

Array
(
    [0] => Lemon
    [1] => orange
    [2] => Banana
    [3] => apple
)

4 · flags · SORT_STRING

<?

$array =
[
    "d" => "Lemon",
    "a" => "orange",
    "B" => "Banana",
    "C" => "apple"
];
$flags = SORT_STRING;

sort($array, $flags);

print_r($array);

?>

Array
(
    [0] => Banana
    [1] => Lemon
    [2] => apple
    [3] => orange
)

5 · flags · SORT_LOCALE_STRING

<?

$category = LC_ALL;
$locale = "en_US";

setlocale($category, $locale);

$array =
[
    "d" => "Lemon",
    "a" => "orange",
    "B" => "Banana",
    "C" => "apple"
];
$flags = SORT_LOCALE_STRING;

sort($array, $flags);

print_r($array);

?>

Array
(
    [0] => apple
    [1] => Banana
    [2] => Lemon
    [3] => orange
)

6 · flags · SORT_NATURAL

<?

$array =
[
    "d" => "Lemon",
    "a" => "orange",
    "B" => "Banana",
    "C" => "apple"
];
$flags = SORT_NATURAL;

sort($array, $flags);

print_r($array);

?>

Array
(
    [0] => Banana
    [1] => Lemon
    [2] => apple
    [3] => orange
)

7 · flags · SORT_FLAG_CASE · SORT_STRING

<?

$array =
[
    "d" => "Lemon",
    "a" => "orange",
    "B" => "Banana",
    "C" => "apple"
];
$flags = SORT_FLAG_CASE | SORT_STRING;

sort($array, $flags);

print_r($array);

?>

Array
(
    [0] => apple
    [1] => Banana
    [2] => Lemon
    [3] => orange
)

8 · flags · SORT_FLAG_CASE · SORT_NATURAL

<?

$array =
[
    "d" => "Lemon",
    "a" => "orange",
    "B" => "Banana",
    "C" => "apple"
];
$flags = SORT_FLAG_CASE | SORT_NATURAL;

sort($array, $flags);

print_r($array);

?>

Array
(
    [0] => apple
    [1] => Banana
    [2] => Lemon
    [3] => orange
)