natsort

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natsort 用"自然排序"算法对数组排序

说明

natsort ( array &$array ) : bool

本函数实现了一个和人们通常对字母数字字符串进行排序的方法一样的排序算法并保持原有键/值的关联,这被称为"自然排序"。本算法和通常的计算机字符串排序算法(用于 sort())的区别见下面示例。

Note:

如果两个成员完全相同,那么它们在排序数组中的相对顺序是未定义的。

参数

array

输入的 array。

返回值

成功时返回 true, 或者在失败时返回 false

更新日志

版本 说明
5.2.10 用零填充的数字字符串 (例如 '00005')现在本质上会忽略掉填充的前道零。

范例

Example #1 natsort() 基本用法的操作示例

<?php
$array1 
$array2 = array("img12.png""img10.png""img2.png""img1.png");

asort($array1);
echo 
"Standard sorting\n";
print_r($array1);

natsort($array2);
echo 
"\nNatural order sorting\n";
print_r($array2);
?>

以上例程会输出:

Standard sorting
Array
(
    [3] => img1.png
    [1] => img10.png
    [0] => img12.png
    [2] => img2.png
)

Natural order sorting
Array
(
    [3] => img1.png
    [2] => img2.png
    [1] => img10.png
    [0] => img12.png
)

For more information see: Martin Pool's » Natural Order String Comparison page.

Example #2 natsort() examples demonstrating potential gotchas

<?php
echo "Negative numbers\n";
$negative = array('-5','3','-2','0','-1000','9','1');
print_r($negative);
natsort($negative);
print_r($negative);

echo 
"Zero padding\n";
$zeros = array('09''8''10''009''011''0'); 
print_r($zeros);
natsort($zeros);
print_r($zeros);
?>

以上例程会输出:

Negative numbers
Array
(
    [0] => -5
    [1] => 3
    [2] => -2
    [3] => 0
    [4] => -1000
    [5] => 9
    [6] => 1
)
Array
(
    [2] => -2
    [0] => -5
    [4] => -1000
    [3] => 0
    [6] => 1
    [1] => 3
    [5] => 9
)

Zero padding
Array
(
    [0] => 09
    [1] => 8
    [2] => 10
    [3] => 009
    [4] => 011
    [5] => 0
)
Array
(
    [5] => 0
    [1] => 8
    [3] => 009
    [0] => 09
    [2] => 10
    [4] => 011
)

参见

User Contributed Notes

Malek Mohamed 24-Jun-2018 06:21
$array1 = $array2 = array('IMG0.png', 'img12.png', 'img10.png', 'img2.png', 'img1.png', 'IMG3.png');

natsort($array1);
echo "\n natsort(); \n";
print_r($array1);

sort($array2, SORT_NATURAL);
echo "\n sort() with  SORT_NATURAL Option\n";
print_r($array2);

Ouput:

natsort();
Array
(
    [0] => IMG0.png
    [5] => IMG3.png
    [4] => img1.png
    [3] => img2.png
    [2] => img10.png
    [1] => img12.png
)

sort() with  SORT_NATURAL Option
Array
(
    [0] => IMG0.png
    [1] => IMG3.png
    [2] => img1.png
    [3] => img2.png
    [4] => img10.png
    [5] => img12.png
)

as we can see it's  the same values but not the same keys, and also it's same for sort($array1, SORT_NATURAL | SORT_FLAG_CASE); and natcasesort($array2)
dotancohen splat gmail spot com 30-May-2017 06:59
As noted in other notes, natsort() does _not_ always return the expected sort order. It seems especially buggy when decimals or 0 padding is used. I've filed this bug report on the issue:
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74672
bb7b5b9 at gmail dot com 14-Jan-2016 08:07
This made me waste a lot of my precious youth ... natsort() is buggy if all numbers don't have the same number of decimal places.

(php 5.6.4-4ubuntu6.2)

<?php
$different_decimal_places_in_values
= array('D'=>'13.59', '14.6' => '14.6', 'C-' => '14.19');
natsort($a);
var_dump($a);

/*echoes
array(3) {
  'D' =>
  string(5) "13.59"
  '14.6' =>
  string(4) "14.6" <----------- badly ordered
  'C-' =>
  string(5) "14.19"
}*/
?>

While this

<?php
$same_num_decimal_places_in_values
= array('D'=>'13.59', '14.6' => '14.60', 'C-' => '14.19'); natsort($a); var_dump($a);

/*echoes
array(3) {
  'D' =>
  string(5) "13.59"
  'C-' =>
  string(5) "14.19"
  '14.6' =>
  string(5) "14.60" <--------- that is the correct position
}
*/

?>
mvs dot php at gmail dot com 20-May-2015 10:12
To naturally sort by array key, the uksort function can be used.

<?php

echo "Sort by keys\n";
$smoothie = array('orange' => 1, 'apple' => 1, 'yogurt' => 4, 'banana' => 4);
print_r($smoothie);
uksort( $smoothie, 'strnatcmp');
print_r($smoothie)

?>

Output:

Sort by keys
Array
(
    [orange] => 1
    [apple]  => 1
    [yogurt] => 4
    [banana] => 4
)
Array
(
    [apple]  => 1
    [banana] => 4
    [orange] => 1
    [yogurt] => 4
)

See http://php.net/manual/en/function.uksort.php for more information about uksort and http://php.net/strnatcmp for usage of strnatcmp.
Johan GENNESSON (php at genjo dot fr) 24-Nov-2010 07:18
Be careful of the new behaviour in 5.2.10 version.
See the following sample:

<?php

$array
= array('1 bis', '10 ter', '0 PHP', '0', '01', '01 Ver', '0 ', '1 ', '1');

natsort($array);
echo
'<pre>';
print_r($array);
echo
'</pre>';
?>

5.2.6-1 will output:
Array
(
    [3] => 0
    [6] => 0
    [2] => 0 OP
    [4] => 01
    [5] => 01 Ver
    [8] => 1
    [7] => 1
    [0] => 1 bis
    [1] => 10 ter
)

5.2.10 will output:
Array
(
    [6] => 0
    [3] => 0
    [8] => 1
    [4] => 01
    [7] => 1
    [5] => 01 Ver
    [0] => 1 bis
    [1] => 10 ter
    [2] => 0 OP
)

Greetings
ale152 16-Mar-2009 02:00
Note: negatives number.
<?php
$a
= array(-5,-2,3,9);
natsort($a);
print_r($a);
?>
Will output:
Array ( [1] => -2 [0] => -5 [2] => 3 [3] => 9 )
AJenbo 15-Jan-2009 01:33
natsort might not act like you would expect with zero padding, heres a quick sample.

<?php
$array
= array('09', '8', '10', '009', '011');
natsort($array);
?>
/*
Array
(
    [3] => 009
    [4] => 011
    [0] => 09
    [1] => 8
    [2] => 10
)
*/
wyvern at greywyvern dot com 17-Dec-2008 10:53
There's no need to include your own API code to natsort an associative array by key.  PHP's in-built functions (other than natsort) can do the job just fine:

<?php
  uksort
($myArray, "strnatcmp");
?>
lacent at gmail dot com 16-Jan-2007 09:42
there is another rnatsort function lower on the page, but it didn't work in the context i needed it in.

reasoning for this:
sorting naturally via the keys of an array, but needing to reverse the order.

    function rnatsort ( &$array = array() )
    {
        $keys    = array_keys($array);
        natsort($keys);
        $total    = count($keys) - 1;
        $temp1    = array();
        $temp2     = array();

        // assigning original keys to an array with a backwards set of keys, to use in krsort();
        foreach ( $keys as $key )
        {
            $temp1[$total] = $key;
            --$total;
        }
       
        ksort($temp1);

        // setting the new array, with the order from the krsort() and the values of original array.
        foreach ( $temp1 as $key )
        {
            $temp2[$key] = $array[$key];
        }

        $array = $temp2;
    }
@gmail bereikme 01-Sep-2006 08:06
Here's a handy function to sort an array on 1 or more columns using natural sort:
<?php
// Example: $records = columnSort($records, array('name', 'asc', 'addres', 'desc', 'city', 'asc'));

$globalMultisortVar = array();
function
columnSort($recs, $cols) {
    global
$globalMultisortVar;
   
$globalMultisortVar = $cols;
   
usort($recs, 'multiStrnatcmp');
    return(
$recs);
}

function
multiStrnatcmp($a, $b) {
    global
$globalMultisortVar;
   
$cols = $globalMultisortVar;
   
$i = 0;
   
$result = 0;
    while (
$result == 0 && $i < count($cols)) {
       
$result = ($cols[$i + 1] == 'desc' ? strnatcmp($b[$cols[$i]], $a[$cols[$i]]) : $result = strnatcmp($a[$cols[$i]], $b[$cols[$i]]));
       
$i+=2;
    }
    return
$result;
}

?>

Greetings,

  - John
h3 22-Feb-2006 08:59
This function can be very usefull, but in some cases, like if you want to sort a MySQL query result, it's important to keep in mind that MySQL as built'in sorting functions which are way faster than resorting the result using a complex php algorythm, especially with large arrays.

ex; 'SELECT * FROM `table` ORDER BY columnName ASC, columnName2 DESC'
lil at thedreamersmaze dot spam-me-not dot org 31-Jan-2006 08:38
There's one little thing missing in this useful bit of code posted by mbirth at webwriters dot de:

<?php

function natsort2d(&$aryInput) {
 
$aryTemp = $aryOut = array();
  foreach (
$aryInput as $key=>$value) {
  
reset($value);
  
$aryTemp[$key]=current($value);
  }
 
natsort($aryTemp);
  foreach (
$aryTemp as $key=>$value) {
  
$aryOut[$key] = $aryInput[$key];
// --------^^^^ add this if you want your keys preserved!
 
}
 
$aryInput = $aryOut;
}

?>
natcasesort.too 05-Aug-2005 03:17
I got caught out through naive use of this feature - attempting to sort a list of image filenames from a digital camera, where the filenames are leading zero padded (e.g. DSCF0120.jpg) , will not sort correctly.
Maybe the example could be modified to exhibit this behaviour
(e.g. set array to -img0120.jpg','IMG0.png', 'img0012.png', 'img10.png', 'img2.png', 'img1.png', 'IMG3.png)
If the example hadn't used images I would have coded it correctly first time around!
phpnet at moritz-abraham dot de 02-Sep-2004 02:09
additional to the code posted by justin at redwiredesign dot com (which I found very usefull) here is a function that sorts complex arrays like this:
<?
$array['test0'] = array('main' =>  'a', 'sub' => 'a');
$array['test2'] = array('main' =>  'a', 'sub' => 'b');
$array['test3'] = array('main' =>  'b', 'sub' => 'c');
$array['test1'] = array('main' =>  'a', 'sub' => 'c');
$array['test4'] = array('main' =>  'b', 'sub' => 'a');
$array['test5'] = array('main' =>  'b', 'sub' => 'b');
?>
or
<?
$array[0] = array('main' =>  1, 'sub' => 1);
$array[2] = array('main' =>  1, 'sub' => 2);
$array[3] = array('main' =>  2, 'sub' => 3);
$array[1] = array('main' =>  1, 'sub' => 3);
$array[4] = array('main' =>  2, 'sub' => 1);
$array[5] = array('main' =>  2, 'sub' => 2);
?>
on one or more columns.

the code
<? $array = array_natsort_list($array,'main','sub'); ?>
will result in $array being sortet like this:
test0,test2,test1,test4,test5,test3
or
0,2,1,4,5,3.

you may even submit more values to the function as it uses a variable parameter list. the function starts sorting on the last and the goes on until the first sorting column is reached.

to me it was very usefull for sorting a menu having submenus and even sub-submenus.

i hope it might help you too.

here is the function:
<?
function array_natsort_list($array) {
    // for all arguments without the first starting at end of list
    for ($i=func_num_args();$i>1;$i--) {
        // get column to sort by
        $sort_by = func_get_arg($i-1);
        // clear arrays
        $new_array = array();
        $temporary_array = array();
        // walk through original array
        foreach($array as $original_key => $original_value) {
            // and save only values
            $temporary_array[] = $original_value[$sort_by];
        }
        // sort array on values
        natsort($temporary_array);
        // delete double values
        $temporary_array = array_unique($temporary_array);
        // walk through temporary array
        foreach($temporary_array as $temporary_value) {
            // walk through original array
            foreach($array as $original_key => $original_value) {
                // and search for entries having the right value
                if($temporary_value == $original_value[$sort_by]) {
                    // save in new array
                    $new_array[$original_key] = $original_value;
                }
            }
        }
        // update original array
        $array = $new_array;
    }
    return $array;
}
?>
xlab AT adaptiveNOSPAMarts DOT net 15-Jan-2004 12:51
Under limited testing, natsort() appears to work well for IP addresses. For my needs, it is far less code than the ip2long()/long2ip() conversion I was using before.
mbirth at webwriters dot de 09-Jan-2004 12:31
For those who want to natsort a 2d-array on the first element of each sub-array, the following few lines should do the job.

<?php

function natsort2d(&$aryInput) {
 
$aryTemp = $aryOut = array();
  foreach (
$aryInput as $key=>$value) {
   
reset($value);
   
$aryTemp[$key]=current($value);
  }
 
natsort($aryTemp);
  foreach (
$aryTemp as $key=>$value) {
   
$aryOut[] = $aryInput[$key];
  }
 
$aryInput = $aryOut;
}

?>
rasmus at flajm dot com 14-Dec-2003 09:30
To make a reverse function, you can simply:

function rnatsort(&$a){
    natsort($a);
    $a = array_reverse($a, true);
}
flash at minet dot net 12-Aug-2003 10:27
About the reverse natsort.. Maybe simpler to do :

function strrnatcmp ($a, $b) {
    return strnatcmp ($b, $a);
}
anonymous at coward dot net 31-May-2003 01:46
Reverse Natsort:

  function rnatsort($a, $b) {
    return -1 * strnatcmp($a, $b);
  }

  usort($arr, "rnatsort");
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