natsort

(PHP 4 )

natsort --  Sort an array using a "natural order" algorithm

설명

void natsort ( array array)

This function implements a sort algorithm that orders alphanumeric strings in the way a human being would. This is described as a "natural ordering". An example of the difference between this algorithm and the regular computer string sorting algorithms (used in sort()) can be seen below:

예 1. natsort() example

$array1 = $array2 = array ("img12.png","img10.png","img2.png","img1.png");          



sort($array1);

echo "Standard sorting\n";

print_r($array1);



natsort($array2);

echo "\nNatural order sorting\n";

print_r($array2);

The code above will generate the following output:

Standard sorting

Array

(

    [0] => img1.png

    [1] => img10.png

    [2] => img12.png

    [3] => img2.png

)



Natural order sorting

Array

(

    [3] => img1.png

    [2] => img2.png

    [1] => img10.png

    [0] => img12.png

)

For more infomation see: Martin Pool's Natural Order String Comparison page.

See also natcasesort(), strnatcmp() and strnatcasecmp().