How To Sort An Array in PHP ?

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Mostly web developers face the problem of sorting an array in PHP. So to save their time here I am sharing the solution with example.

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There are 6 functions to sort an array in PHP –

#1. sort() – Sort Array in Ascending Order

Below example shows sorted array in ascending order 
<?php


$name = array('sonia','monica','raj','yogita');

sort($name);
print_r($name);
?>
Output :- 

Array
(
    [0] => monica
    [1] => raj
    [2] => sonia
    [3] => yogita
)

#2. rsort() – Sort Array in Descending Order

Below example shows sorted array in descending order 
<?php


$name = array('sonia','monica','raj','yogita');

rsort($name);
print_r($name);
?>
Output :- 

Array
(
    [0] => yogita
    [1] => sonia
    [2] => raj
    [3] => monica
)

#3. asort() – Sort Array (Ascending Order), According to Value

Below example shows sorted array in ascending order, according to value
<?php


$code = array('sonia'=>'98','monica'=>'12','raj'=>'112','yogita'=>'10');

asort($code);
print_r($code);
?>
Output :- 

Array
(
    [yogita] => 10
    [monica] => 12
    [sonia] => 98
    [raj] => 112
)

#4. ksort() – Sort Array (Ascending Order), According to Key

Below example shows sorted array in ascending order , according to key..

<?php


$code = array('sonia'=>'98','monica'=>'12','raj'=>'112','yogita'=>'10');

ksort($code);
print_r($code);
?>

Output :- 

Array
(
    [monica] => 12
    [raj] => 112
    [sonia] => 98
    [yogita] => 10
)

#5. arsort() – Sort Array (Descending Order), According to Value

Below example shows sorted array in descending order, according to value
<?php


$code = array('sonia'=>'98','monica'=>'12','raj'=>'112','yogita'=>'10');

arsort($code);
print_r($code);
?>
Output :- 

Array
(
    [raj] => 112
    [sonia] => 98
    [monica] => 12
    [yogita] => 10
)

#6. krsort() – Sort Array (Descending Order), According to Key

Below example shows sorted array in descending order , according to key..

<?php


$code = array('sonia'=>'98','monica'=>'12','raj'=>'112','yogita'=>'10');

krsort($code);
print_r($code);
?>

Output :- 

Array
(
    [yogita] => 10
    [sonia] => 98
    [raj] => 112
    [monica] => 12
)
Using the above functions you can easily sort an array. 

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