--TEST-- Test sort() function : usage variations - sort strings --SKIPIF-- SORT_REGULAR, "SORT_STRING" => SORT_STRING); $count = 1; echo "\n-- Testing sort() by supplying various string arrays --\n"; // loop through to test sort() with different arrays foreach ($various_arrays as $array) { echo "\n-- Iteration $count --\n"; echo "- With Default sort flag -\n"; $temp_array = $array; var_dump(sort($temp_array) ); // expecting : bool(true) var_dump($temp_array); // loop through $flags array and setting all possible flag values foreach($flags as $key => $flag){ echo "- Sort flag = $key -\n"; $temp_array = $array; var_dump(sort($temp_array, $flag) ); // expecting : bool(true) var_dump($temp_array); } $count++; } echo "Done\n"; ?> --EXPECTF-- *** Testing sort() : usage variations *** -- Testing sort() by supplying various string arrays -- -- Iteration 1 -- - With Default sort flag - bool(true) array(12) { [0]=> NULL [1]=> NULL [2]=> string(1) " " [3]=> string(1) " " [4]=> string(1) " " [5]=> string(1) " " [6]=> string(1) " " [7]=> string(2) "\a" [8]=> string(3) "\cx" [9]=> string(4) "\ddd" [10]=> string(2) "\e" [11]=> string(4) "\xhh" } - Sort flag = SORT_REGULAR - bool(true) array(12) { [0]=> NULL [1]=> NULL [2]=> string(1) " " [3]=> string(1) " " [4]=> string(1) " " [5]=> string(1) " " [6]=> string(1) " " [7]=> string(2) "\a" [8]=> string(3) "\cx" [9]=> string(4) "\ddd" [10]=> string(2) "\e" [11]=> string(4) "\xhh" } - Sort flag = SORT_STRING - bool(true) array(12) { [0]=> NULL [1]=> NULL [2]=> string(1) " " [3]=> string(1) " " [4]=> string(1) " " [5]=> string(1) " " [6]=> string(1) " " [7]=> string(2) "\a" [8]=> string(3) "\cx" [9]=> string(4) "\ddd" [10]=> string(2) "\e" [11]=> string(4) "\xhh" } -- Iteration 2 -- - With Default sort flag - bool(true) array(12) { [0]=> string(6) "BANANA" [1]=> string(6) "Orange" [2]=> string(4) "TTTT" [3]=> string(4) "Test" [4]=> string(1) "X" [5]=> string(5) "apple" [6]=> string(6) "banana" [7]=> string(5) "lemoN" [8]=> string(6) "oraNGe" [9]=> string(3) "ttt" [10]=> string(2) "ww" [11]=> string(1) "x" } - Sort flag = SORT_REGULAR - bool(true) array(12) { [0]=> string(6) "BANANA" [1]=> string(6) "Orange" [2]=> string(4) "TTTT" [3]=> string(4) "Test" [4]=> string(1) "X" [5]=> string(5) "apple" [6]=> string(6) "banana" [7]=> string(5) "lemoN" [8]=> string(6) "oraNGe" [9]=> string(3) "ttt" [10]=> string(2) "ww" [11]=> string(1) "x" } - Sort flag = SORT_STRING - bool(true) array(12) { [0]=> string(6) "BANANA" [1]=> string(6) "Orange" [2]=> string(4) "TTTT" [3]=> string(4) "Test" [4]=> string(1) "X" [5]=> string(5) "apple" [6]=> string(6) "banana" [7]=> string(5) "lemoN" [8]=> string(6) "oraNGe" [9]=> string(3) "ttt" [10]=> string(2) "ww" [11]=> string(1) "x" } Done