<?php /* Question2Answer by Gideon Greenspan and contributors http://www.question2answer.org/ File: qa-include/util/sort.php Description: A useful general-purpose 'sort by' function This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. More about this license: http://www.question2answer.org/license.php */ if (!defined('QA_VERSION')) { // don't allow this page to be requested directly from browser header('Location: ../../'); exit; } /** * Sort the $array of inner arrays by sub-element $by1 of each inner array, and optionally then by sub-element $by2 * @param $array * @param $by1 * @param null $by2 */ function qa_sort_by(&$array, $by1, $by2 = null) { global $qa_sort_by_1, $qa_sort_by_2; $qa_sort_by_1 = $by1; $qa_sort_by_2 = $by2; uasort($array, 'qa_sort_by_fn'); } /** * Function used in uasort to implement qa_sort_by() * @param $a * @param $b * @return int */ function qa_sort_by_fn($a, $b) { global $qa_sort_by_1, $qa_sort_by_2; // if the first keys are equal we can sort by the second keys only $sortkey = $qa_sort_by_1; if ($a[$sortkey] == $b[$sortkey]) { if (!isset($qa_sort_by_2)) return 0; $sortkey = $qa_sort_by_2; } $av = $a[$sortkey]; $bv = $b[$sortkey]; if (is_numeric($av) && is_numeric($bv)) // straight subtraction won't work for floating bits return $av == $bv ? 0 : ($av < $bv ? -1 : 1); else return strcasecmp($av, $bv); // doesn't do UTF-8 right but it will do for now } /** * General comparison function for two values, textual or numeric * @deprecated * @param $a * @param $b * @return int */ function qa_sort_cmp($a, $b) { if (is_numeric($a) && is_numeric($b)) // straight subtraction won't work for floating bits return $a == $b ? 0 : ($a < $b ? -1 : 1); else return strcasecmp($a, $b); // doesn't do UTF-8 right but it will do for now } /** * Inserts $addelements into $array, preserving their keys, before $beforekey in that array. * If $beforekey cannot be found, the elements are appended at the end of the array. * @param $array * @param $beforekey * @param $addelements */ function qa_array_insert(&$array, $beforekey, $addelements) { $newarray = array(); $beforefound = false; foreach ($array as $key => $element) { if ($key == $beforekey) { $beforefound = true; foreach ($addelements as $addkey => $addelement) $newarray[$addkey] = $addelement; } $newarray[$key] = $element; } if (!$beforefound) { foreach ($addelements as $addkey => $addelement) $newarray[$addkey] = $addelement; } $array = $newarray; } // Special values for the $beforekey parameter for qa_array_reorder() - use floats since these cannot be real keys define('QA_ARRAY_WITH_FIRST', null); // collect the elements together in the position of the first one found define('QA_ARRAY_WITH_LAST', 0.6); // collect the elements together in the position of the last one found define('QA_ARRAY_AT_START', 0.1); // place all the elements at the start of the array define('QA_ARRAY_AT_END', 0.9); // place all the elements at the end of the array /** * Moves all of the elements in $array whose keys are in the parameter $keys. They can be moved to before a specific * element by passing the key of that element in $beforekey (if $beforekey is not found, the elements are moved to the * end of the array). Any of the QA_ARRAY_* values defined above can also be passed in the $beforekey parameter. * If $reorderrelative is true, the relative ordering between the elements will also be set by the order in $keys. * @param $array * @param $keys * @param mixed $beforekey * @param bool $reorderrelative */ function qa_array_reorder(&$array, $keys, $beforekey = null, $reorderrelative = true) { // Make a map for checking each key in $array against $keys and which gives their ordering $keyorder = array(); $keyindex = 0; foreach ($keys as $key) $keyorder[$key] = ++$keyindex; // Create the new key ordering in $newkeys $newkeys = array(); $insertkeys = array(); $offset = null; if ($beforekey == QA_ARRAY_AT_START) $offset = 0; foreach ($array as $key => $value) { if ($beforekey == $key) $offset = count($newkeys); if (isset($keyorder[$key])) { if ($reorderrelative) $insertkeys[$keyorder[$key]] = $key; // in order of $keys parameter else $insertkeys[] = $key; // in order of original array if ($beforekey == QA_ARRAY_WITH_LAST || ($beforekey === QA_ARRAY_WITH_FIRST && !isset($offset))) $offset = count($newkeys); } else $newkeys[] = $key; } if (!isset($offset)) // also good for QA_ARRAY_AT_END $offset = count($newkeys); if ($reorderrelative) ksort($insertkeys, SORT_NUMERIC); // sort them based on position in $keys parameter array_splice($newkeys, $offset, 0, $insertkeys); // Rebuild the array based on the new key ordering $newarray = array(); foreach ($newkeys as $key) $newarray[$key] = $array[$key]; $array = $newarray; }