sorting an associative array of objects by value?

[Greg D]

Hi all,

I'm trying to sort an array of objects within an object. Included is a
dumbed down example so that we can get at the meat of the issue without
worrying about complexity or validation. Basically, Funk is an object that
has a name (string) and a value(int). FunkThis represents an object
containing a list of Funks, with each key corresponding to the name of the
Funk. I want to sort this list by val, but I get a Warning: usort():
Invalid comparison function error when I run the script. Keep in mind that
this is for PHP 4

I'm open to suggestions to getting this to work.

<?php

class Funk {

var $name;
var $val;

function Funk($name,$val) {
$this->name = $name;
$this->val = $val;
}

function getVal() {
return $this->val;
}

function getName() {
return $this->name;
}
}

class FunkThis {

var $list;

function FunkThis() {
$this->list = null;
}

function add($funk) {
$this->list[$funk->getName()] = $funk;
}

function compareFunks($a,$b) {
$aVal = $a->getVal();
$bVal = $b->getVal();
if ($aVal == $bVal) return 0;
if ($aVal $bVal) return 1;
if ($aVal < $bVal) return -1;

}

function sortByFunk() {
$list = $this->list;
$this->list = uasort($list,"compareFunks");
}

function show() {
print_r($this->list);
}
}

$a = new Funk("A",3);
$b = new Funk("B",7);
$c = new Funk("C",1);
$d = new Funk("D",9);
$e = new Funk("E",6);

$funkthat = new FunkThis();

$funkthat->add($a);
$funkthat->add($b);
$funkthat->add($c);
$funkthat->add($d);
$funkthat->add($e);

$funkthat->sortByFunk();

$funkthat->show();
?>

Greg

[Michael Fesser]

..oO(Greg D)

>I'm trying to sort an array of objects within an object. Included is a
dumbed down example so that we can get at the meat of the issue without
worrying about complexity or validation. Basically, Funk is an object that
has a name (string) and a value(int). FunkThis represents an object
containing a list of Funks, with each key corresponding to the name of the
Funk. I want to sort this list by val, but I get a Warning: usort():
Invalid comparison function error when I run the script. Keep in mind that
this is for PHP 4
[...]

callback
http://www.php.net/manual/en/languag...types.callback

| A method of an instantiated object is passed as an array containing an
| object as the element with index 0 and a method name as the element
| with index 1.

Since compareFunks() is a method of FunkThis, you need

uasort($list, array($this, 'compareFunks'));

to call it.

Micha

[Greg D]

"Michael Fesser" <ne*****@gmx.dewrote in message
news:ni********************************@4ax.com...

.oO(Greg D)

>>I'm trying to sort an array of objects within an object. Included is a
dumbed down example so that we can get at the meat of the issue without
worrying about complexity or validation. Basically, Funk is an object
that
has a name (string) and a value(int). FunkThis represents an object
containing a list of Funks, with each key corresponding to the name of the
Funk. I want to sort this list by val, but I get a Warning: usort():
Invalid comparison function error when I run the script. Keep in mind
that
this is for PHP 4
[...]

callback
http://www.php.net/manual/en/languag...types.callback

| A method of an instantiated object is passed as an array containing an
| object as the element with index 0 and a method name as the element
| with index 1.

Since compareFunks() is a method of FunkThis, you need

uasort($list, array($this, 'compareFunks'));

to call it.

Ah, see, I had done that, and when invoking FunkThis->compareFunks(), it
printed 1.

I then used uasort($this->list, array($this, 'compareFunks'));

and it worked fine. Must be because the function parameter is passing the
array by reference.

Thanks!

Greg

[Greg D]

"Greg D" <gr***@lasmag.comwrote in message
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>
"Michael Fesser" <ne*****@gmx.dewrote in message
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>.oO(Greg D)

>>>I'm trying to sort an array of objects within an object. Included is a
dumbed down example so that we can get at the meat of the issue without
worrying about complexity or validation. Basically, Funk is an object
that
has a name (string) and a value(int). FunkThis represents an object
containing a list of Funks, with each key corresponding to the name of
the
Funk. I want to sort this list by val, but I get a Warning: usort():
Invalid comparison function error when I run the script. Keep in mind
that
this is for PHP 4
[...]

callback
http://www.php.net/manual/en/languag...types.callback

| A method of an instantiated object is passed as an array containing an
| object as the element with index 0 and a method name as the element
| with index 1.

Since compareFunks() is a method of FunkThis, you need

uasort($list, array($this, 'compareFunks'));

to call it.

Ah, see, I had done that, and when invoking FunkThis->compareFunks(), it
printed 1.

I then used uasort($this->list, array($this, 'compareFunks'));

and it worked fine. Must be because the function parameter is passing the
array by reference.

Thanks!

Actually, that's not quite right either (my bad). I didn't read the
function description fully. uasort affects the array and returns a boolean.
D'oh!

This would do it:

function sortByFunk() {
uasort($this->list, array($this,"compareFunks"));
}

and so would this:

function sortByFunk() {
$newlist = $this->list;
uasort($newlist, array($this,"compareFunks"));
$this->list = $newlist;
}

What can I say, I'm an idiot. :)

GregoryD