On 14 December 2010 10:50, Richard Quadling <rquadl...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 13 December 2010 19:59, George Langley <george.lang...@shaw.ca> wrote: >> Hi all. Can use natsort($array1) to sort a single array of filenames into a >> "natural "alphanumeric order - 1.php, 2.php, 5.php, 10.php, 20.php, etc. >> But using array_multisort($array1, $array2, $array3) doesn't offer a natsort >> option, so I end up with 1.php, 10.php, 2.php, 20.php, 5.php, etc. >> >> Anyone have a solution to this limitation already? Nothing found in the >> archives or Googling. >> Thanks. >> >> >> George Langley Multimedia Developer Audio/Video Editor Musician, >> Arranger, Composer www.georgelangley.ca >> >> >> > > Based upon code I found at [1] I have the following function [2] which > I use to sort result sets. I've just added natural sorting (and > natural caseless sorting) and some examples on usage. > > It might be slightly over the top, but it works well for me. No need > to extract the columns from the rows to supply to the sorter. > > If you like it and find any issues with it, or enhancements, then I'd > be grateful if you could pass them back to me. > > Richard. > > > [1] http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.array-multisort.php#68452 > [2] http://pastebin.com/8JsMX7yS
The function uses a closure for the sorting. If you are on PHP < 5.3.0, then you'll have to extract the function into a normal one and add ... global $a_AMCOrdering; to each function. -- Richard Quadling Twitter : EE : Zend @RQuadling : e-e.com/M_248814.html : bit.ly/9O8vFY -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
