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<h1 class="refname">ArrayObject::asort</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">ArrayObject::asort</span> — <span class="dc-title">Sort the entries by value</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type"><span class="type void">void</span></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>ArrayObject::asort</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
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<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Sorts the entries such that the keys maintain
their correlation with the entries they are associated
with. This is used mainly when sorting associative arrays where
the actual element order is significant.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">This function has no parameters.</p>
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<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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No value is returned.
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<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>ArrayObject::asort()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$fruits </span><span style="color: #007700">= array(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"d" </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"lemon"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"a" </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"orange"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"b" </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"banana"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"c" </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"apple"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fruitArrayObject </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">ArrayObject</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fruits</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fruitArrayObject</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">asort</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /><br />foreach (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fruitArrayObject </span><span style="color: #007700">as </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$key </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$val</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$key</span><span style="color: #DD0000"> = </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$val</span><span style="color: #DD0000">\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />}<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output:</p></div>
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c = apple
b = banana
d = lemon
a = orange
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The fruits have been sorted in alphabetical order, and the key
associated with each entry has been maintained.
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-arrayobject.asort-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="arrayobject.ksort.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ArrayObject::ksort()</a> - Sort the entries by key</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="arrayobject.natsort.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ArrayObject::natsort()</a> - Sort entries using a "natural order" algorithm</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="arrayobject.natcasesort.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ArrayObject::natcasesort()</a> - Sort an array using a case insensitive "natural order" algorithm</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="arrayobject.uasort.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ArrayObject::uasort()</a> - Sort the entries with a user-defined comparison function and maintain key association</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="arrayobject.uksort.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ArrayObject::uksort()</a> - Sort the entries by keys using a user-defined comparison function</span></li>
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