Instead of an indexed array build an associative array and sort with one of the built-in PHP functions..
$myary = array ( 'mrgouldian' => '[EMAIL PROTECTED]', 'myname'=> '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'); ksort($myary); -Kevin ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "php-general" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 1:52 PM Subject: [PHP] sorting and searching an Array > After I read this file into an array (small sample of file below) I need to sorted it by the name at > the end of each line and then echo out only the ones that the name > equals the name in a search variable. > > Also could somebody recommend a PHP book that covers a lot of info on > working with text files. It seams to be very little info in any of the > boos I have now. It is sort of skipped over a lot > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mrgouldian > [EMAIL PROTECTED] myname > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mrgouldian > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mrgouldian > [EMAIL PROTECTED] myname > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mrgouldian > [EMAIL PROTECTED] myname > [EMAIL PROTECTED] myname > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mrgouldian > [EMAIL PROTECTED] myname > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php