natsort()

natsort.php

<?php
$items = array(
	"100 apples", "5 apples", "110 apples", "55 apples"
	);
 
// normal sorting:
sort($items);
print_r($items);
# Outputs:
# Array
# (
#     [0] => 100 apples
#     [1] => 110 apples
#     [2] => 5 apples
#     [3] => 55 apples
# )

natsort($items);
print_r($items);
# Outputs:
# Array
# (
#     [2] => 5 apples
#     [3] => 55 apples
#     [0] => 100 apples
#     [1] => 110 apples
# )
?>

natsort() is a function which will sort items in an array naturally (ie, in an order which seems logical to a person), rather than by characters’ ordinal values