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natsort

Sort arrays using the "natural sort" algorithm
Name:natsort
Category:Array
Programming Language:php
One-line Description:Use the "natural sort" algorithm to sort the array.

Example

Sort the array:

 <span class="token php language-php"><span class="token delimiter important"><?php</span>
<span class="token variable">$temp_files</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token keyword">array</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"temp15.txt"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"temp10.txt"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span>
<span class="token string double-quoted-string">"temp1.txt"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"temp22.txt"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"temp2.txt"</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>

<span class="token function"></span></span><mark><span class="token function">sort</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$temp_files</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span></mark><span class="token punctuation"></span>
<span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"Standard Sort:"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token function">print_r</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$temp_files</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"<br>"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>

<span class="token function"></span><mark><span class="token function">natsort</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$temp_files</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span></mark><span class="token punctuation"></span>
<span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"Natural sorting:"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token function">print_r</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$temp_files</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token delimiter important">?></span>

Try it yourself