Collator::sort

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)

Sort array using specified collator

public bool Collator::sort ( array &$arr [, int $sort_flag ] )

Object oriented style

Procedural style

bool collator_sort ( Collator $coll , array &$arr [, int $sort_flag ] )

This function sorts an array according to current locale rules.

Equivalent to standard PHP sort() .

Parameters:

coll

Collator object.

arr

Array of strings to sort.

sort_flag

Optional sorting type, one of the following:

Collator::SORT_REGULAR - compare items normally (don't change types)
Collator::SORT_NUMERIC - compare items numerically
Collator::SORT_STRING - compare items as strings

Collator::SORT_REGULAR sort_flag

Returns:

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples:

collator_sort() example

<?php
$coll = collator_create( 'en_US' );
$arr  = array( 'at', 'às', 'as' );

var_export( $arr );
collator_sort( $coll, $arr );
var_export( $arr );
?>

The above example will output:

array (
  0 => 'at',
  1 => 'às',
  2 => 'as',
)array (
  0 => 'as',
  1 => 'às',
  2 => 'at',
)