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Testing native PHP usort and strcasecmp functions
php > $test = range('A', 'z');
php > var_dump($test);
array(58) {
[0]=>
string(1) "A"
[1]=>
string(1) "B"
[2]=>
string(1) "C"
[3]=>
string(1) "D"
[4]=>
string(1) "E"
[5]=>
string(1) "F"
[6]=>
string(1) "G"
[7]=>
string(1) "H"
[8]=>
string(1) "I"
[9]=>
string(1) "J"
[10]=>
string(1) "K"
[11]=>
string(1) "L"
[12]=>
string(1) "M"
[13]=>
string(1) "N"
[14]=>
string(1) "O"
[15]=>
string(1) "P"
[16]=>
string(1) "Q"
[17]=>
string(1) "R"
[18]=>
string(1) "S"
[19]=>
string(1) "T"
[20]=>
string(1) "U"
[21]=>
string(1) "V"
[22]=>
string(1) "W"
[23]=>
string(1) "X"
[24]=>
string(1) "Y"
[25]=>
string(1) "Z"
[26]=>
string(1) "["
[27]=>
string(1) "\"
[28]=>
string(1) "]"
[29]=>
string(1) "^"
[30]=>
string(1) "_"
[31]=>
string(1) "`"
[32]=>
string(1) "a"
[33]=>
string(1) "b"
[34]=>
string(1) "c"
[35]=>
string(1) "d"
[36]=>
string(1) "e"
[37]=>
string(1) "f"
[38]=>
string(1) "g"
[39]=>
string(1) "h"
[40]=>
string(1) "i"
[41]=>
string(1) "j"
[42]=>
string(1) "k"
[43]=>
string(1) "l"
[44]=>
string(1) "m"
[45]=>
string(1) "n"
[46]=>
string(1) "o"
[47]=>
string(1) "p"
[48]=>
string(1) "q"
[49]=>
string(1) "r"
[50]=>
string(1) "s"
[51]=>
string(1) "t"
[52]=>
string(1) "u"
[53]=>
string(1) "v"
[54]=>
string(1) "w"
[55]=>
string(1) "x"
[56]=>
string(1) "y"
[57]=>
string(1) "z"
}
php > usort($test, 'strcasecmp');
php > var_dump($test);
array(58) {
[0]=>
string(1) "["
[1]=>
string(1) "\"
[2]=>
string(1) "]"
[3]=>
string(1) "^"
[4]=>
string(1) "_"
[5]=>
string(1) "`"
[6]=>
string(1) "a"
[7]=>
string(1) "A"
[8]=>
string(1) "B"
[9]=>
string(1) "b"
[10]=>
string(1) "C"
[11]=>
string(1) "c"
[12]=>
string(1) "D"
[13]=>
string(1) "d"
[14]=>
string(1) "e"
[15]=>
string(1) "E"
[16]=>
string(1) "f"
[17]=>
string(1) "F"
[18]=>
string(1) "G"
[19]=>
string(1) "g"
[20]=>
string(1) "h"
[21]=>
string(1) "H"
[22]=>
string(1) "i"
[23]=>
string(1) "I"
[24]=>
string(1) "J"
[25]=>
string(1) "j"
[26]=>
string(1) "K"
[27]=>
string(1) "k"
[28]=>
string(1) "l"
[29]=>
string(1) "L"
[30]=>
string(1) "M"
[31]=>
string(1) "m"
[32]=>
string(1) "N"
[33]=>
string(1) "n"
[34]=>
string(1) "O"
[35]=>
string(1) "o"
[36]=>
string(1) "p"
[37]=>
string(1) "P"
[38]=>
string(1) "Q"
[39]=>
string(1) "q"
[40]=>
string(1) "r"
[41]=>
string(1) "R"
[42]=>
string(1) "S"
[43]=>
string(1) "s"
[44]=>
string(1) "t"
[45]=>
string(1) "T"
[46]=>
string(1) "u"
[47]=>
string(1) "U"
[48]=>
string(1) "v"
[49]=>
string(1) "V"
[50]=>
string(1) "W"
[51]=>
string(1) "w"
[52]=>
string(1) "x"
[53]=>
string(1) "X"
[54]=>
string(1) "y"
[55]=>
string(1) "Y"
[56]=>
string(1) "z"
[57]=>
string(1) "Z"
}
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