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dbx_sort
Sort a result from a dbx_query by a custom sort function
(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5 <= 5.0.5, PECL dbx:1.1.0)
bool dbx_sort ( object result, string user_compare_function )
Sort a result from a dbx_query() call with a custom sort function.
Parameters
- result
A result set returned by dbx_query().
- user_compare_function
The user-defined comparison function. It must accept two arguments and return an integer less than, equal to, or greater than zero if the first argument is considered to be respectively less than, equal to, or greater than the second.
Examples
Example 497. dbx_sort() example
<?php
function user_re_order($a, $b)
{
$rv = dbx_compare($a, $b, "parentid", DBX_CMP_DESC);
if (!$rv) {
$rv = dbx_compare($a, $b, "id", DBX_CMP_NUMBER);
}
return $rv;
}
$link = dbx_connect(DBX_ODBC, "", "db", "username", "password")
or die("Could not connect");
$result = dbx_query($link, "SELECT id, parentid, description FROM tbl ORDER BY id");
// data in $result is now ordered by id
dbx_sort($result, "user_re_order");
// data in $result is now ordered by parentid (descending), then by id
dbx_close($link);
?>
See Also
| dbx_compare() |