natsort
Sort an array using a "natural order" algorithm
Description
boolnatsort
arrayarray
This function implements a sort algorithm that orders
alphanumeric strings in the way a human being would while maintaining
key/value associations. This is described as a "natural ordering". An
example of the difference between this algorithm and the regular computer
string sorting algorithms (used in sort) can be seen
below:
&return.success;
natsort example
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&example.outputs;
img1.png
[1] => img10.png
[2] => img12.png
[3] => img2.png
)
Natural order sorting
Array
(
[3] => img1.png
[2] => img2.png
[1] => img10.png
[0] => img12.png
)
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For more information see: Martin Pool's Natural Order String Comparison
page.
See also natcasesort,
strnatcmp, and
strnatcasecmp.