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PHP Build a Basic PHP Website Listing and Sorting Inventory Items Sorting Array Items

Josh Coast
Josh Coast
5,112 Points
Posted by Josh Coast
Josh Coast
5,112 Points

If I add a movie called "Apple" to the data.php it ends up at the bottom of the list instead of the front? Why?

When I add a movie to data.php with the title "Apple" and a key of 204, it ends up at the bottom of the list instead of first? When I comment out the $sort = ltrim($sort, "A "); and $sort = ltrim($sort, "An "); lines, Apple ends up at the front again. I didn't forget the space after the A string. I'm not sure what's going on here. Any ideas?

Jacques Olivier
Jacques Olivier
9,864 Points

Just remember that The ltrim() function removes whitespace or other predefined characters from the left side of a string. So it removes the A in both cases

2 Answers

Josh Coast
Josh Coast
5,112 Points
Josh Coast
Josh Coast
5,112 Points

Ah, thanks Jacques Olivier, I thought that it had to match the full string, including the space, to be removed.

Jacques Olivier
Jacques Olivier
9,864 Points
Jacques Olivier
Jacques Olivier
9,864 Points

You are welcome. Check out the PHP docs, they can be difficult to read at times but once you get use to it, it becomes much easier to find a reference there.