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PHP

Posted by Alejandro Carvajal
Alejandro Carvajal
9,100 Points

Sorting Array Keys

I do NOT understand why php would sort "name 3" before "name". It makes no sense please help

<?php

$example = array(

array("name" => "Alejandro"), array("name 2" => "Alejandro"), array("name 3" => "Alejandro"), array("name 4" => "Alejandro"),

);

asort($example);

var_dump($example);

?>

1 Answer

Ryan Lovett
Ryan Lovett
5,100 Points
Ryan Lovett
Ryan Lovett
5,100 Points

Keep in mind that asort() sorts the array by the value, not the key. More documentation about asort() can be found here:

http://php.net/manual/en/function.asort.php

To sort by key, you will want to use ksort() instead which you can read about here:

http://php.net/manual/en/function.ksort.php

Hope this helps!

Alejandro Carvajal
Alejandro Carvajal
9,100 Points

Thank You!