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 uksort() Function.
The built-in PHP uksort() function sorts an array by element keys making use of user-defined comparison function.
The built-in PHP uksort() function sorts an array by element keys making use of user-defined comparison function.
Syntax
Following below is the syntax to use this function -
uksort ( $array, $cmp_function )
READ: PHP | sort() Function
Parameter Details
Sr.No | Parameter & Description |
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1 | array(Required) It specifies an array. |
2 | cmp_function(Required) Use if defined function to compare values and to sort them. The function must return -1, 0, or 1 for this method to work correctly. It should be written to accept two parameters to compare, and it should work something like this −
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Return Value
This function returns TRUE on success, or FALSE on failure.
Example
Try out the below example -
<?php function cmp_function($a, $b) { if ($a == $b) return 0; return ($a > $b) ? -1 : 1; } $input = array("d"=>"lemon", "a"=>"orange", "b"=>"banana" ); uksort($input, "cmp_function"); print_r($input); ?>
Output
When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -
Array ( [d] => lemon [b] => banana [a] => orange )
READ: PHP | uasort() Function
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