--TEST-- Test asort() function : usage variations - sort strings --FILE-- null, "NULL" => NULL, "\a" => "\a", "\cx" => "\cx", "\e" => "\e", "\f" => "\f", "\n" =>"\n", "\r" => "\r", "\t" => "\t", "\xhh" => "\xhh", "\ddd" => "\ddd", "\v" => "\v" ), // array contains combination of capital/small letters array ('l' => "lemoN", 'O' => "Orange", 'b' => "banana", 'a' => "apple", 'Te' => "Test", 'T' => "TTTT", 't' => "ttt", 'w' => "ww", 'x' => "x", 'X' => "X", 'o' => "oraNGe", 'B' => "BANANA" ) ); $flags = array("SORT_REGULAR" => SORT_REGULAR, "SORT_STRING" => SORT_STRING); $count = 1; echo "\n-- Testing asort() by supplying various string arrays --\n"; // loop through to test asort() with different arrays foreach ($various_arrays as $array) { echo "\n-- Iteration $count --\n"; echo "- With default sort_flag -\n"; $temp_array = $array; var_dump(asort($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 = $array; var_dump(asort($temp_array, $flag) ); // expecting : bool(true) var_dump($temp_array); } $count++; } echo "Done\n"; ?> --EXPECT-- *** Testing asort() : usage variations *** -- Testing asort() by supplying various string arrays -- -- Iteration 1 -- - With default sort_flag - bool(true) array(12) { ["null"]=> NULL ["NULL"]=> NULL [" "]=> string(1) " " [" "]=> string(1) " " [" "]=> string(1) " " [" "]=> string(1) " " [" "]=> string(1) " " [""]=> string(1) "" ["\a"]=> string(2) "\a" ["\cx"]=> string(3) "\cx" ["\ddd"]=> string(4) "\ddd" ["\xhh"]=> string(4) "\xhh" } - Sort_flag = SORT_REGULAR - bool(true) array(12) { ["null"]=> NULL ["NULL"]=> NULL [" "]=> string(1) " " [" "]=> string(1) " " [" "]=> string(1) " " [" "]=> string(1) " " [" "]=> string(1) " " [""]=> string(1) "" ["\a"]=> string(2) "\a" ["\cx"]=> string(3) "\cx" ["\ddd"]=> string(4) "\ddd" ["\xhh"]=> string(4) "\xhh" } - Sort_flag = SORT_STRING - bool(true) array(12) { ["null"]=> NULL ["NULL"]=> NULL [" "]=> string(1) " " [" "]=> string(1) " " [" "]=> string(1) " " [" "]=> string(1) " " [" "]=> string(1) " " [""]=> string(1) "" ["\a"]=> string(2) "\a" ["\cx"]=> string(3) "\cx" ["\ddd"]=> string(4) "\ddd" ["\xhh"]=> string(4) "\xhh" } -- Iteration 2 -- - With default sort_flag - bool(true) array(12) { ["B"]=> string(6) "BANANA" ["O"]=> string(6) "Orange" ["T"]=> string(4) "TTTT" ["Te"]=> string(4) "Test" ["X"]=> string(1) "X" ["a"]=> string(5) "apple" ["b"]=> string(6) "banana" ["l"]=> string(5) "lemoN" ["o"]=> string(6) "oraNGe" ["t"]=> string(3) "ttt" ["w"]=> string(2) "ww" ["x"]=> string(1) "x" } - Sort_flag = SORT_REGULAR - bool(true) array(12) { ["B"]=> string(6) "BANANA" ["O"]=> string(6) "Orange" ["T"]=> string(4) "TTTT" ["Te"]=> string(4) "Test" ["X"]=> string(1) "X" ["a"]=> string(5) "apple" ["b"]=> string(6) "banana" ["l"]=> string(5) "lemoN" ["o"]=> string(6) "oraNGe" ["t"]=> string(3) "ttt" ["w"]=> string(2) "ww" ["x"]=> string(1) "x" } - Sort_flag = SORT_STRING - bool(true) array(12) { ["B"]=> string(6) "BANANA" ["O"]=> string(6) "Orange" ["T"]=> string(4) "TTTT" ["Te"]=> string(4) "Test" ["X"]=> string(1) "X" ["a"]=> string(5) "apple" ["b"]=> string(6) "banana" ["l"]=> string(5) "lemoN" ["o"]=> string(6) "oraNGe" ["t"]=> string(3) "ttt" ["w"]=> string(2) "ww" ["x"]=> string(1) "x" } Done