ECE made Easy: PHP Function array

Sunday, 25 August 2013

Syntax

array_multisort(array1,sorting order,sorting type,array2...);

This can be used to sort several arrays at once, or a multi-dimensional array by one or more dimensions.

Parameter	Description
array1	Required. Specifies an array
Sort order	Optional. Specifies the sorting order. Possible values: SORT_ASC Default. Sort in ascending order (A-Z) SORT_DESC sort in descending order (Z-A)
Sorting type	Optional. Specifies the type to use, when comparing elements. Possible values: SORT_REGULAR Default. Compare elements normally SORT_NUMERIC Compare elements as numeric values SORT_STRING Compare elements as string values
array2	Optional. Specifies an array

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Try out following example:

<?php
$array1 = array("10", 100, 100, "a");
$array2 = array(1, 3, "2", 1);
array_multisort($array1, $array2);
print_r($array1);
print_r($array2);
?>

This will produce following result:

Array 
( 
   [0] => 10 
   [1] => a 
   [2] => 100 
   [3] => 100 
) 
Array 
( 
   [0] => 1 
   [1] => 1 
   [2] => 2 
   [3] => 3 
)