[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"post:how-do-we-sort-arrays-in-php":3},{"type":4,"post":5,"relatedPosts":64,"seo":102,"alternates":104,"editable":107},"post",{"id":6,"title":7,"slug":8,"url":9,"excerpt":10,"reading_minutes":11,"blocks":12,"toc":26,"category":52,"tags":56,"cover":62,"published_at":63},1,"How do we sort arrays in PHP?","how-do-we-sort-arrays-in-php","\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-do-we-sort-arrays-in-php","Learn how PHP’s sort, rsort, asort, arsort, ksort, and krsort functions order indexed and associative arrays by values or keys.",3,[13,17,20,23],{"type":14,"data":15},"general.rich-text",{"content":16},"\u003Cp>I wanted to write a series of articles about the solutions to the questions that I came across in my research about frequently asked questions in PHP Developer interviews and that I liked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of these questions was \u003Cem>How do we sort arrays in PHP?\u003C\u002Fem>. There are a number of functions that PHP has built-in to sort arrays in PHP. These are;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ccode>sort()\u003C\u002Fcode> - Sorts arrays in ascending order.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ccode>rsort()\u003C\u002Fcode> - Sorts arrays in descending order.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ccode>asort()\u003C\u002Fcode> - Sorts the arrays in the array in ascending order by their value.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ccode>ksort()\u003C\u002Fcode> - Sorts the arrays in the array ascending based on their key values.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ccode>arsort()\u003C\u002Fcode> - Sorts the arrays in the array in descending order of their values.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ccode>krsort()\u003C\u002Fcode> - Sorts the arrays in the array in descending order of key values.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cp>can be sorted. Let's illustrate them with applications.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"type":14,"data":18},{"content":19},"\u003Ch2 id=\"sorting-indexed-arrays\">Sorting indexed arrays\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Ch3 id=\"sorting-arrays-in-ascending-order-sort\">Sorting Arrays in Ascending Order - sort()\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>It sorts the arrays in ascending order, for example;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cpre>\u003Ccode class=\"language-php\">$array = [1,52,69,9,32,13,45,102];\n\nsort($array);\n\u002F\u002F Accordingly, when we print the array on the screen, we get an output as follows.\n\nprint_r($array);\n\u002F\u002F Output: Array ( [0] => 1 [1] => 9 [2] => 13 [3] => 32 [4] => 45 [5] => 52 [6] => 69 [7 ] => 102)\n\u003C\u002Fcode>\u003C\u002Fpre>",{"type":14,"data":21},{"content":22},"\u003Ch2 id=\"sorting-arrays-in-arrays-by-values\">Sorting Arrays in Arrays by Values\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Ch3 id=\"sort-ascending-asort\">Sort Ascending - asort()\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>This function is used to sort other arrays in an array according to their values in ascending order. For example;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cpre>\u003Ccode class=\"language-php\">$arrayception = [\n     'Cobb' => 34,\n     'Arthur' => 25,\n     'goods' => 2,\n     'Eames' => 13,\n     'Saito' => 8\n];\n\nasort($arrayception);\n\nprint_r($arrayception);\n\u002F\u002F When we print this array on the screen, it will output as follows;\n\u002F\u002F Output: Array ( [Mal] => 2 [Saito] => 8 [Eames] => 13 [Arthur] => 25 [Cobb] => 34 )\n\u003C\u002Fcode>\u003C\u002Fpre>\n\u003Ch3 id=\"sort-descending-arsort\">Sort Descending - arsort()\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>This function is used to sort other arrays in the array in descending order of their values. For example;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cpre>\u003Ccode class=\"language-php\">$arrayception = [\n     'Cobb' => 34,\n     'Arthur' => 25,\n     'goods' => 2,\n     'Eames' => 13,\n     'Saito' => 8\n];\n\narsort($arrayception);\n\nprint_r($arrayception);\n\u002F\u002F When we print this array on the screen, it will output as follows;\n\u002F\u002F Output: Array ( [Cobb] => 34 [Arthur] => 25 [Eames] => 13 [Saito] => 8 [Mal] => 2 )\n\u003C\u002Fcode>\u003C\u002Fpre>",{"type":14,"data":24},{"content":25},"\u003Ch2 id=\"sorting-arrays-in-array-by-key-value\">Sorting Arrays in Array by Key Value\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Ch3 id=\"ascending-sort-ksort\">Ascending Sort - ksort()\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>This function is used to sort other arrays in ascending order according to their key values. For example;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cpre>\u003Ccode class=\"language-php\">$arrayception = [\n     'Cobb' => 34,\n     'Arthur' => 25,\n     'goods' => 2,\n     'Eames' => 13,\n     'Saito' => 8\n];\n\nksort($arrayception);\n\nprint_r($arrayception);\n\u002F\u002F When we print this array on the screen, it will output as follows;\n\u002F\u002F Output: Array ( [Arthur] => 25 [Cobb] => 34 [Eames] => 13 [Mal] => 2 [Saito] => 8 )\n\u003C\u002Fcode>\u003C\u002Fpre>\n\u003Ch3 id=\"descending-sort-krsort\">Descending Sort - krsort()\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>Finally, the krsort() function is used to sort other arrays in descending order of their key values. 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