rsort

Example

Example 1

Sort elements in array $cars in descending order:

 <span class="token php language-php"><span class="token delimiter important"><?php</span>
<span class="token variable">$cars</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token keyword">array</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"Volvo"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"BMW"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"Toyota"</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token function"></span></span><mark><span class="token function">rsort</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$cars</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span></mark><span class="token punctuation"></span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token delimiter important">?></span>

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Example 2

Sort elements in array $numbers in descending order by number:

 <span class="token php language-php"><span class="token delimiter important"><?php</span>
<span class="token variable">$numbers</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token keyword">array</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token number">4</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token number">6</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token number">2</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token number">22</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token number">11</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token function"></span></span><mark><span class="token function">rsort</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$numbers</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span></mark><span class="token punctuation"></span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token delimiter important">?></span>

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Example 3

Compare items as numbers and sort the elements in the array $cars in descending order:

 <span class="token php language-php"><span class="token delimiter important"><?php</span>
<span class="token variable">$cars</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token keyword">array</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"Volvo"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"BMW"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"Toyota"</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token function"></span></span><mark><span class="token function">rsort</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$cars</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token constant">SORT_NUMERIC</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span></mark><span class="token punctuation"></span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token delimiter important">?></span>

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