Re: [PHP] Sort by string length...

[Tom Rogers]

Hi,

Wednesday, December 22, 2004, 7:18:52 AM, you wrote:
RPJ> Any idea how to sort an array by string length?

RPJ> Russ Jones


With a user defined sorting function something like this

<?php
function cmp($a, $b){
  $x = strlen($a);
  $y = strlen($b);
  if ($x == $y) {
    return 0;
  }
  return ($x < $y) ? -1 : 1;
}
$array = array('Longest string','short','longer');
usort($array,'cmp');
?>

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regards,
Tom

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