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Posted by Schraalhans Keukenmeester on 03/28/07 08:35
ZeldorBlat wrote:
> On Mar 27, 5:20 pm, Schraalhans Keukenmeester <bitbuc...@invalid.spam>
> wrote:
>> I'm having a hard time getting to grips with this function.
>>
>> I have an array shaped like this:
>>
>> $dircontents[0]['filename'] ='index.html'
>> $dircontents[0]['owner'] = 'www'
>> $dircontents[0]['group'] = 'www'
>> $dircontents[0]['type'] = 'file'
>>
>> $dircontents[1]['filename'] ='images'
>> $dircontents[1]['owner'] = 'www'
>> $dircontents[1]['group'] = 'www'
>> $dircontents[1]['type'] = 'dir'
>>
>> etc.
>>
>> 'type' can be any of {dir,file,link}
>>
>> How do I get the array sorted, alphabetically, first by type, then filename?
>> My attempts sofar have lead to a seemingly unsorted array, not even
>> close to anything recognizable. Is array_multisort() even what I should
>> be looking for?
>>
>> Help appreciated!
>> Sh.
>
> Try usort() instead:
>
> function cmp($a, $b) {
> if($a['type'] < $b['type'])
> return -1;
> elseif($a['type'] > $b['type'])
> return 1;
> elseif($a['filename'] < $b['filename'])
> return -1;
> elseif($a['filename'] > $b['filename'])
> return 1;
> else
> return 0;
> }
>
> usort($dircontents, 'cmp');
>
Great! That's what I needed indeed. Somewhere in the back of my head...
Thanx Zeldor!
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