PHP asort() Function

Hello folks! welcome back to a new edition of our tutorial on PHP. In this tutorial guide, we are going to be studying about the PHP asort() Function.

The built-in PHP asort() function is used for sorting an array in such a way that the array indices maintain their correlation with array elements associated with them. This built-in function is mainly used when sorting the associative arrays where the actual order of the element is significant.

Syntax

Following below is the syntax to use this function -

asort( $array [, $sort_flags] );

READ: PHP arsort() Function

Parameter Details

Sr.No	Parameter & Description
1	array Required. Specifies an array.
2	sort_flags Optional. Specifies how to sort the array values. Possible values − SORT_REGULAR − Default. Treat values as they are (don't change types) SORT_NUMERIC − Treat values numerically SORT_STRING − Treat values as strings SORT_LOCALE_STRING − Treat values as strings, based on local settings

Return Value

This function returns TRUE on success and FALSE on failure.

Example

Try out the below example -

<?php
   $fruits = array("d"=>"lemon", "a"=>"orange", "b"=>"banana" );
   asort($fruits);
   
   print_r($fruits);
?> 

Output

When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -

Array ( [b] => banana [d] => lemon [a] => orange )

READ: PHP array_push() Function

Alright guys! This is where we are going to be rounding up for this tutorial post. In our next tutorial, we are going to be discussing about the PHP compact() Function.

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