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File: example.php
Role: Example script
Content type: text/plain
Description: Example usage
Class: Array Multi Sort
Sort arrays considering multiple values
Author: By
Last change: example extended to reflect changes in main class
Date: 18 years ago
Size: 3,424 bytes
 

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<?
require("arr_multisort.class.php");

//Sample array - same format would be returned by mysql_fetch_assoc.
$sample_arr = array (
                        array (
                                   
"UserName" => "Usr1",
                                   
"Sex" => "male",
                                   
"Country" => "US",
                                   
"Children" => 3,
                                   
"BirthDate" => "1970-07-21"
                               
),
                        array (
                                   
"UserName" => "TheUser",
                                   
"Sex" => "female",
                                   
"Country" => "Canada",
                                   
"Children" => 0,
                                   
"BirthDate" => "1975-11-05"
                               
),
                        array (
                                   
"UserName" => "Blah",
                                   
"Sex" => "male",
                                   
"Country" => "US",
                                   
"Children" => 1,
                                   
"BirthDate" => "13 Feb 1964"
                               
),
                        array (
                                   
"UserName" => "Makumba",
                                   
"Sex" => "female",
                                   
"Country" => "Mozambik",
                                   
"Children" => 12,
                                   
"BirthDate" => "1980-06-29"
                               
),
                    );


//Instantiate the class
$srt = new arr_multisort();
//Set the array to be sorted
$srt->setArray($sample_arr);
?>
Starting array (unsorted):<br>
<?
  $srt
->sort();
 
dump_arr($sample_arr);


 
//Sort by sex descending and children ascending
 
$srt->addColumn("Sex",SRT_DESC);
 
$srt->addColumn("Children",SRT_ASC);

 
$sample_arr = $srt->sort();

?>
Array sorted by sex descending and children ascending<br>
<?
dump_arr
($sample_arr);

 
//Sort by sex ascending and Birth date decending
 
$srt->resetColumns();
 
$srt->addColumn("Sex",SRT_ASC);
 
$srt->addColumn("BirthDate",SRT_DESC);

 
$sample_arr = $srt->sort();
?>
Array sorted by sex ascending and Birth date decending<br>
<?
dump_arr
($sample_arr);

 
//Sort array using a custom compare function for BirthDate column
 
$srt->resetColumns();
 
$srt->addColumn("Sex",SRT_ASC);
 
$srt->addColumn("BirthDate",SRT_DESC,"myCompare");

 
$sample_arr = $srt->sort();
?>
Array sorted by sex ascending and Birth date decending using custom compare function for birth date<br>
<?
dump_arr
($sample_arr);
?>

<?
//Functions

//Dump the array
function dump_arr(&$sample_arr){
 
?>
<table width="90%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
    <tr>
    <?
    $Cols
= array_keys($sample_arr[0]);
    foreach(
$Cols as $col){
     
?>
<td align="center"><strong><?print($col);?></strong></td>
      <?
   
}
   
?>
</tr>
    <?
   
foreach($sample_arr as $row){
     
?>
<tr>
      <?
     
foreach($row as $nm => $val){
     
?>
<td align="left"><?print($val)?></td>
      <?
     
}
     
?>
</tr>
    <?
   
}
   
?>
</table>
  <?
}

function
myCompare($a,$b){
  return
strnatcasecmp($a,$b);
}
?>