PHP Function Sort - Sorting Arrays in PHP
When working with an array of data, it's much easier to grab a specific piece of information from the array if the data elements are sorted in ascending order. The php function sort lets you do just that.
PHP provides a number of different sort functions to handle your array sorting needs. These include sort(), rsort() and usort().
The sort() function takes two parameters: the input array and a comparison function that determines the order of the data elements in the resulting sorted array. The comparison function should return an integer less than or equal to zero if the values compared are not equal, -1 if the first value is greater than the second, and 1 if the first value is smaller than the second.
The rsort() function is designed to work on indexed arrays, and it assigns new numeric indexes to the array elements based on the ordering that it produces. It is useful for when you need to sort a numeric or indexed array based on the keys that it holds while maintaining the association between the key and the value. The usort() function offers more flexibility in sorting an associative array based on a custom comparison function, and it is useful for when you need to sort an associative array based on multiple criteria. It also supports sorting with mixed types, allowing you to compare string and numeric values. You can specify this using the SORT_FLAG_STRING | SORT_FLAG_CASE flag.