I have an array of filenames that I aquire using DirectoryIterator. I am trying to get the filenames to sort so they would be in order like so, this is the way they appear on the server.
2DAYSALEGATE_PG1.jpg 2DAYSALEGATE_PG2.jpg 722_PG1.jpg PW_PG2_COKE_A.jpg PW_PG3_COKE_A.jpg PWBY4_DELI-1.jpg
When aquiring the file names they are coming out like this. I have tried to use a sort, natsort and natcasesort. The filename the underscore character is considered after the letters. What can I do to get the underscore to sorted as a priority character.
array(6) { [0]=> string(20) "2DAYSALEGATE_PG1.jpg" [1]=> string(20) "2DAYSALEGATE_PG2.jpg" [2]=> string(11) "722_PG1.jpg" [5]=> string(16) "PWBY4_DELI-1.jpg" [3]=> string(17) "PW_PG2_COKE_A.jpg" [4]=> string(17) "PW_PG3_COKE_A.jpg" }
Thanks
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Answer
You can use the php usort
method, check it out here
with usort
you can implement your custom compare to
function and sort the array according to it.
the custom compare to
function is int callback ( mixed $a, mixed $b )
, you should return a value less than 0 if $a < $b
, zero if equal and a value bigger than 0 when $a > $b
implement your preferred order of sorting using this method
example:
function cmp($a, $b) { $aTemp = str_replace('_', '0', $a); $bTemp = str_replace('_', '0', $b); return strcmp($aTemp,$bTemp); } usort($arr, "cmp");