[PHP] Sorting an array by descending numerical value

Published on 2020-02-07 • Modified on 2020-02-07

In this snippet, we will see how to sort a PHP array by descending numerical value. That the type of code I sometimes forget and where I must check the documentation. I thought at first that we had to pass the SORT_NUMERIC flag to the arsort function but it isn't required if the values are well formatted numbers.

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<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace App\Controller\Snippet;

/**
 * I am using a PHP trait to isolate each snippet in a file.
 * This code should be called from a Symfony controller extending AbstractController (as of Symfony 4.2)
 * or Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\Controller (Symfony <= 4.1).
 * Services are injected in the main controller constructor.
 */
trait Snippet76Trait
{
    public function snippet76(): void
    {
        $myArray = [
            'orange' => 3,
            'lemon' => 1,
            'banana' => 5,
            'kiwi' => 11,
            'apple' => 2,
        ];

        print_r($myArray);
        arsort($myArray);
        print_r($myArray);

        // That's it! 😁
    }
}

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<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace App\Tests\Integration\Controller\Snippets;

use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Test\KernelTestCase;

/**
 * @see Snippet76Trait
 */
final class Snippet76Test extends KernelTestCase
{
    /**
     * @see Snippet76Trait::snippet76
     */
    public function testSnippet76(): void
    {
        $myArray = [
            'orange' => 3,
            'lemon' => 1,
            'banana' => 5,
            'kiwi' => 11,
            'apple' => 2,
        ];
        arsort($myArray);
        $values = array_values($myArray);
        self::assertSame(11, $values[0]);
        self::assertSame(1, $values[\count($myArray) - 1]);
    }
}

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