<?php 
        $dict = array(
                                        "alpha",        "bravo",        "charlie",      "delta",
                                        "echo",         "foxtrot",      "golf",         "hotel",
                                        "yankee",       "zulu"
                                 );
        srand((double)microtime() * 1000000);

        $p = generate_str_array(100);
        $q = range(0, 99);
        shuffle($p);
        shuffle($q);
        array_multisort($p, SORT_DESC, SORT_STRING, $q, SORT_ASC, SORT_NUMERIC);

// !!!!! the second arrays is not sorted

        print_array($p);
        print_array($q);

        function print_array(&$arr)
        {
                foreach ($arr as $i => $j)
                        print("$i: $j\n");
        }

        function generate_str_array($elements)
        {
                global $dict;

                for ($i = 0; $i < $elements; $i++)
                        $arr[$i] = $dict[$i % sizeof($dict)];
                return $arr;
        }

?>