On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 09:03:12 -0500 (EST), Russell P Jones
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have an array filled with CSV data... > > array ( > 20040310, Title, Author > 20041115, Title, Author > 20040513, Title, Author > ) > > where each array element is 1 line from the csv. When I go to print it > out, Im going to explode each by , and then print it out the way I like. > > BUT, I want to sort them all by those first 8 digits, which happen to be > the date. Any way to sort an array by the first x characters in its > string? > How about a non php solution? Maybe sort the lines in the CSV file first using a sort command line utility (like "sort" in *nix), sample to a temp file, then open that file in PHP ---- ramil http://ramil.sagum.net -- ---- ramil http://ramil.sagum.net -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
