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PHP PHP Arrays and Control Structures PHP Arrays Sorting Arrays

Sam Gord
Sam Gord
14,084 Points
Posted by Sam Gord
Sam Gord
14,084 Points

asort / arsort

it seems that i cant get the difference between using asort/arsort in associative arrays and indexed arrays , no matter how many times i replay this video! can anyone please help? thank you in advance ;)

2 Answers

Jason Anders
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Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points

Hey Sam,

It just depends on whether you want the results to be sorted in Ascending or Descending order. Just remember the the "r" in arsort() stands for "Reverse"... so, it sorts in reverse order.

asort() sorts in Ascending
arsort() sorts in Descending

For example: (2, 6, 1, 7, 4, 3)

asort() will return 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7

arsort() wil return 7, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1

Hope that helps! :) :dizzy:

Sam Gord
Sam Gord
14,084 Points
Sam Gord
Sam Gord
14,084 Points

thanks very much

Emil Pesaxov
Emil Pesaxov
3,684 Points
Emil Pesaxov
Emil Pesaxov
3,684 Points

So what is the difference between arsort() and rsort()?