What is sorting?
Sorting refers to ordering data in an alphabetical, numerical order and increasing or decreasing fashion according to some linear relationship among the data items.Sorting greatly improves the efficiency of searching.
Sorting Functions For Arrays In PHP
- sort() – sorts arrays in ascending order
- rsort() – sorts arrays in descending order
- asort() – sorts associative arrays in ascending order, according to the value
- ksort() – sorts associative arrays in ascending order, according to the key
- arsort() – sorts associative arrays in descending order, according to the value
- krsort() – sorts associative arrays in descending order, according to the key
Sort Array in Ascending Order – sort()
The following function sorts the elements of a numerical array in ascending numerical order:
INPUT :
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <?php $numbers = array(40, 61, 2, 22, 13); sort($numbers); $arrlength = count($numbers); for($x = 0; $x < $arrlength; $x++) { echo $numbers[$x]; echo "<br>"; } ?> </body> </html> |
OUTPUT :
2
13
22
40
61
Sort Array in Descending Order – rsort()
The following function sorts the elements of a numerical array in descending numerical order:
INPUT :
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <?php $numbers = array(40, 61, 2, 22, 13); rsort($numbers); $arrlength = count($numbers); for($x = 0; $x < $arrlength; $x++) { echo $numbers[$x]; echo "<br>"; } ?> </body> </html> |
OUTPUT :
61
40
22
13
2
Sort Array in Ascending Order,According to Value – asort()
The following function sorts an associative array in ascending order, according to the value:
INPUT :
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <?php $age = array("ayush"=>"23", "shankar"=>"47", "kailash"=>"41"); asort($age); foreach($age as $x => $x_value) { echo "Key=" . $x . ", Value=" . $x_value; echo "<br>"; } ?> </body> </html> |
OUTPUT :
Key=Ayush, Value=23
Key=Kailash, Value=41
Key=Shankar, Value=47
Sort Array in Ascending Order, According to Key – ksort()
The following function sorts an associative array in ascending order, according to the key:
INPUT :
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <?php $age = array("ayush"=>"23", "shankar"=>"47", "kailash"=>"41"); ksort($age); foreach($age as $x => $x_value) { echo "Key=" . $x . ", Value=" . $x_value; echo "<br>"; } ?> </body> </html> |
OUTPUT :
Key=Ayush, Value=23
Key=Kailash, Value=41
Key=Shankar, Value=47
Sort Array in Descending Order, According to Value – arsort()
The following function sorts an associative array in descending order, according to the value.
INPUT :
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <?php $age = array("ayush"=>"23", "shankar"=>"47", "kailash"=>"41"); arsort($age); foreach($age as $x => $x_value) { echo "Key=" . $x . ", Value=" . $x_value; echo "<br>"; } ?> </body> </html> |
OUTPUT :
Key=Shankar, Value=47
Key=Kailash, Value=41
Key=Ayush, Value=23
Sort Array in Descending Order, According to Key – krsort()
The following function sorts an associative array in descending order, according to the key.
INPUT :
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <?php $age = array("ayush"=>"23", "shankar"=>"47", "kailash"=>"41"); krsort($age); foreach($age as $x => $x_value) { echo "Key=" . $x . ", Value=" . $x_value; echo "<br>"; } ?> </body> </html> |
OUTPUT :
Key=Shankar, Value=47
Key=Kailash, Value=41
Key=Ayush, Value=23
