[PHP] Arrays and Alphabetical order

2003-07-22 Thread Don Mc Nair
Hi folks I am trying to print out a table of elements in alphabetical order. I have an SQL query which sorts out the data in order and am using 'while ($info =(mysql_fetch_row...etc)) to read the data array. I need it to echo out a table with all the A's first, then a blank line, then all the

Re: [PHP] Arrays and Alphabetical order

2003-07-22 Thread David Nicholson
Hello, This is a reply to an e-mail that you wrote on Tue, 22 Jul 2003 at 17:40, lines prefixed by '' were originally written by you. I need it to echo out a table with all the A's first, then a blank line, then all the B's, a blank line and so on. I could write 26 different queries, one for

Re: [PHP] Arrays and Alphabetical order

2003-07-22 Thread Liam Gibbs
I need it to echo out a table with all the A's first, then a blank line, then all the B's, a blank line and so on. I could write 26 different queries, one for each letter of the alphabet, but surely there is a tidier way. Do a query, sorting by the field you need alphabetized. Then do this (and

Re: [PHP] Arrays and Alphabetical order

2003-07-22 Thread Evan Nemerson
/* UNTESTED - and prolly could be more efficient */ $c = $d = ''; natsort($info); foreach ( $info as $i ) { $d = substr($i, 0, 1); if ( $d != $c ) echo \n; echo $i; $c = $d; } On Tuesday 22 July 2003 09:40 am, Don Mc Nair wrote: Hi folks I am