mboeren Wed Apr 18 05:39:17 2001 EDT
Modified files:
/phpdoc/en/functions dbx.xml
Log:
Fixed examples for dbx_sort, dbx_cmp_asc and dbx_cmp_desc.
Added the optional comparison_type parameter to dbx_cmp_asc and
dbx_cmp_desc (Mc)
Index: phpdoc/en/functions/dbx.xml
diff -u phpdoc/en/functions/dbx.xml:1.5 phpdoc/en/functions/dbx.xml:1.6
--- phpdoc/en/functions/dbx.xml:1.5 Thu Apr 12 02:06:49 2001
+++ phpdoc/en/functions/dbx.xml Wed Apr 18 05:39:17 2001
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@
<programlisting role="php">
<?php
function user_re_order ($a, $b) {
- $rv = dbx_cmp_asc ($a, $b, "parentid");
+ $rv = dbx_cmp_desc ($a, $b, "parentid");
if (!$rv) $rv = dbx_cmp_asc ($a, $b, "id");
return $rv;
}
@@ -400,8 +400,8 @@
or die ("Could not connect");
$result = dbx_query ($link, "SELECT id, parentid, description FROM tbl ORDER BY id");
echo "resulting data is now ordered by id<br>";
-dbx_query ($result, "user_re_order");
-echo "resulting data is now ordered by parentid, then by id<br>";
+dbx_sort ($result, "user_re_order");
+echo "resulting data is now ordered by parentid (descending), then by id<br>";
dbx_close ($link);
?>
</programlisting>
@@ -426,6 +426,9 @@
<paramdef>array <parameter>row_a</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>array <parameter>row_b</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>string <parameter>columnname_or_index</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>int
+ <parameter><optional>comparison_type</optional></parameter>
+ </paramdef>
</funcprototype>
</funcsynopsis>
<para>
@@ -433,12 +436,17 @@
row_b[$columnname_or_index], 1 if it is greater and -1 if it is
smaller.
</para>
+ <para>
+ The <parameter>comparison_type</parameter> parameter can be used
+ to force a numeric compare (by setting it to DBX_CMP_NUMBER). The default
+ comparison is by text (e.g. "20" is greater than "100").
+ </para>
<example>
<title><function>dbx_cmp_asc</function> example</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<?php
function user_re_order ($a, $b) {
- $rv = dbx_cmp_asc ($a, $b, "parentid");
+ $rv = dbx_cmp_desc ($a, $b, "parentid");
if (!$rv) {
$rv = dbx_cmp_asc ($a, $b, "id");
return $rv;
@@ -449,8 +457,8 @@
or die ("Could not connect");
$result = dbx_query ($link, "SELECT id, parentid, description FROM tbl ORDER BY id");
echo "resulting data is now ordered by id<br>";
-dbx_query ($result, "user_re_order");
-echo "resulting data is now ordered by parentid, then by id<br>";
+dbx_sort ($result, "user_re_order");
+echo "resulting data is now ordered by parentid (descending), then by id<br>";
dbx_close ($link);
?>
</programlisting>
@@ -474,8 +482,9 @@
<funcdef>int <function>dbx_cmp_desc</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>array <parameter>row_a</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>array <parameter>row_b</parameter></paramdef>
- <paramdef>string
- <parameter>columnname_or_index</parameter>
+ <paramdef>string <parameter>columnname_or_index</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>int
+ <parameter><optional>comparison_type</optional></parameter>
</paramdef>
</funcprototype>
</funcsynopsis>
@@ -484,12 +493,17 @@
row_b[$columnname_or_index], -1 if it is greater and 1 if it is
smaller.
</para>
+ <para>
+ The <parameter>comparison_type</parameter> parameter can be used
+ to force a numeric compare (by setting it to DBX_CMP_NUMBER). The default
+ comparison is by text (e.g. "20" is greater than "100").
+ </para>
<example>
<title><function>dbx_cmp_desc</function> example</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<?php
function user_re_order ($a, $b) {
- $rv = dbx_cmp_asc ($a, $b, "parentid");
+ $rv = dbx_cmp_desc ($a, $b, "parentid");
if (!$rv) {
$rv = dbx_cmp_asc($a, $b, "id");
return $rv;
@@ -500,8 +514,8 @@
or die ("Could not connect");
$result = dbx_query ($link, "SELECT id, parentid, description FROM tbl ORDER BY id");
echo "resulting data is now ordered by id<br>";
-dbx_query ($result, "user_re_order");
-echo "resulting data is now ordered by parentid, then by id<br>";
+dbx_sort ($result, "user_re_order");
+echo "resulting data is now ordered by parentid (descending), then by id<br>";
dbx_close ($link);
?>
</programlisting>