pickles/classes/Sort.php
Joshua Sherman 8fc726b983 Updated copyright date.
It's a new year, figured it would be nice to get this done before summer time
like most years.
2014-01-05 13:44:25 -05:00

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<?php
/**
* Sorting Utility Collection
*
* PHP version 5
*
* Licensed under The MIT License
* Redistribution of these files must retain the above copyright notice.
*
* @author Joshua Sherman <pickles@joshtronic.com>
* @copyright Copyright 2007-2014, Joshua Sherman
* @license http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html
* @package PICKLES
* @link https://github.com/joshtronic/pickles
*/
/**
* Sort Class
*
* I got tired of writing separate usort functions to sort by different array
* keys in the array, this class solves that.
*/
class Sort
{
/**
* Ascending
*
* Variable to utilize ascending sort
*
* @var integer
*/
const ASC = 'ASC';
/**
* Descending
*
* Variable to utilize descending sort
*
* @var integer
*/
const DESC = 'DESC';
/**
* Sort By
*
* Sorts an array by the specified column, optionally in either direction.
*
* @param string $field field to sort by
* @param array $array array to sort
* @param string $direction optional direction to sort
* @retun boolean true because sorting is done by reference
*/
public static function by($field, &$array, $direction = Sort::ASC)
{
usort($array, create_function('$a, $b', '
$a = $a["' . $field . '"];
$b = $b["' . $field . '"];
if ($a == $b)
{
return 0;
}
return ($a ' . ($direction == Sort::DESC ? '>' : '<') .' $b) ? -1 : 1;
'));
return true;
}
}
?>