In this tutorial you will come to know about the php array. Sometimes we need to store data in a single entity called Array, unlike in other language in PHP, an array can store values of different datatype. In the following examples we will learn how to create array, associative array, how to sort values of an array, and how to sort the keys of an associative arrays are given.

PHP Sort Array:

Sometimes we need to store data in a single entity called Array, unlike in other language in PHP, an array can store values of different datatype.

In the following examples we will learn how to create array, associative array, how to sort values of an array, and how to sort the keys of an associative arrays are given.

Go through each example and you will come to know how to use array in PHP.

PHP Sort Array Example:

<?php

$array=array("Hello","New","World");

echo count($array);

sort($array);

for($i=0;$i<=4;$i++){

echo $array[$i]."<br/>";

}

$array=array("Hello","Hi","Hei");

sort($array);

for($i=0;$i<=4;$i++){

echo $array[$i]."<br/>";

}

$array=array("Hello"=>1,"Hi"=>2,"Hei"=>3);

asort($array);

foreach($array as $key=>$value){

echo "Key: ".$key."Value: ".$value."<br/>";

}

echo "<br/>";

$array=array("Hello"=>1,"Hi"=>2,"Hei"=>3);

ksort($array);

foreach($array as $key=>$value){

echo "Key: ".$key."Value: ".$value."<br/>";

}

?>

 

Output:

3Hello
New
World


Hei
Hello
Hi


Key: HelloValue: 1
Key: HiValue: 2
Key: HeiValue: 3

Key: HeiValue: 3
Key: HelloValue: 1
Key: HiValue: 2

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Posted on: February 13, 2010

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