In this lesson we look at how to sort arrays (including associative arrays) in PHP
HOW TO SORT PHP ARRAYS IN ASCENDING ORDER
We simply use the sort() function as follows:
Line 3: this array contains some names
Line 5: we sort the array called $names
Line 7: we echo a preformat tag so that the array is easy to read
Line 9: we print out the array
The output looks like this:
HOW TO SORT PHP ARRAYS IN DESCENDING ORDER
We use the rsort() function as follows:
The output looks like this:
HOW TO SORT A PHP ASSOCIATIVE ARRAY IN ASCENDING ORDER BY VALUE
Consider the following associative array and the asort() function:
The output looks like this:
HOW TO SORT A PHP ASSOCIATIVE ARRAY IN ASCENDING ORDER BY KEY
We use the ksort() function:
The output looks like this:
HOW TO SORT A PHP ASSOCIATIVE ARRAY IN DESCENDING ORDER BY VALUE
We use the arsort() function:
The output looks like this:
HOW TO SORT A PHP ASSOCIATIVE ARRAY IN DESCENDING ORDER BY KEY
We use the krsort() function:
The output looks like this:
