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Request #6512 sort() Does not sort stings as expected
Submitted: 2000-09-03 07:12 UTC Modified: 2010-08-07 01:43 UTC
From: jmoore@php.net Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: *General Issues
PHP Version: 4.0.2 OS: *
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2000-09-03 07:12 UTC] jmoore@php.net 
When using sort, it sorts by ASCII code and not alphabetically, this might be what was intended but the function does not behave as might be expected, take the following example:

<?php
$test = array("AA","AC","AR","AJ","Ab");
asort($test);
var_dump($test);
?>

Does not ourput

AA,Ab,AC,AJ,AR

But infact

AA,AC,AJ,AR,Ab

Now this is due to Ascii Char codes. Perhaps a warning should be added to the manual if this behaviour stays the same.

James

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 [2000-09-03 07:21 UTC] waldschrott@php.net 
I?d vote for adding another option to all sorting functions,
like SORT_CASED, maybe the bit way

asort($x,SORT_STRING|SORT_CASED)
 [2000-09-03 08:26 UTC] jmoore@php.net 
natcasesort() and natsort() do this, I will add a see also for natcasesort to sort.
 [2000-09-03 08:31 UTC] waldschrott@php.net 
well, natcasesort() does this for natural sorting, but
regular/string/numeric sorting can?t be sorted cased...
not sure if it should be closed...
 [2000-09-03 08:35 UTC] jmoore@php.net 
OK Chaning to feature/change request and reopening. (The function isnt really misbehaving...)
 [2010-08-07 01:43 UTC] johannes@php.net
-Status: Analyzed +Status: Bogus -Package: Feature/Change Request +Package: *General Issues
 [2010-08-07 01:43 UTC] johannes@php.net 
Expected behavior.
 
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