Alpha names

gistfile1.txt

// part 1

<?php
					// needed to access data from cpt-onomies
					global $cpt_onomy;

					// grabs the current taxonomy data being used by this page.
					$current_taxonomy = $wp_query->queried_object;


					// grabs the data associated with the current taxonomy being used.
					$term = $cpt_onomy->get_term_by( 'name', $current_taxonomy->post_title, 'specialties' );

					// builds an object with the associated data, in this case all of the doctors associated with this specialty.
					$objects = $cpt_onomy->get_objects_in_term( $term->term_id, 'specialties' );

					// lists out each doc and pulls in the associated custom fields from the faculty profile.
					$namearray = array();
					$currentarray = array();
					$i = 0;
					foreach ($objects as $object) {

					$page = get_post($object);
					$custom_fields = get_post_custom($page->ID);
					$mycurrentarray = $currentarray[$i];
					$mycurrentarray['fname'] = $first_name = $custom_fields['_faculty_profile_information_faculty_fname'][0];
					$middle_name = $custom_fields['_faculty_profile_information_faculty_mname'][0];
					$mycurrentarray['mi'] = $middle_initial =  substr($middle_name, 0, 1);
					$mycurrentarray['lname'] = $last_name = $custom_fields['_faculty_profile_information_faculty_lname'][0];
					$degrees_data = unserialize($custom_fields['_faculty_profile_information_faculty_degrees'][0]);
					$mycurrentarray['degrees'] = $the_degrees = implode(", ", $degrees_data);
					array_push($namearray, $mycurrentarray);
					$i++;
					}
  					usort($namearray, 'compare_lastname');
					foreach ($namearray as $key => $value) {
						//echo $value['fname'];
						if ($value['mi'] != '') {
							echo '<li><a href="'. get_permalink($page->ID) .'">' . $value['fname'] . ' ' . $value['mi'] . '. ' . $value['lname'] . ', ' . $value['degrees'] . '</a></li>';
						} else {
							echo '<li><a href="'. get_permalink($page->ID) .'">' . $value['fname'] . ' ' . $value['lname'] . ', ' . $value['degrees'] . '</a></li>';
						}
					}
					?>

// part 2
function compare_lastname($a, $b)
{
return strnatcmp($a['lname'], $b['lname']);
}