--- phpMyAdmin-2.11.9-all-languages-utf-8-only/libraries/database_interface.lib.php	2008-08-28 18:48:52.000000000 +0200
+++ phpMyAdmin-2.11.9.1-all-languages-utf-8-only/libraries/database_interface.lib.php	2008-09-15 18:38:06.000000000 +0200
@@ -188,6 +188,32 @@
 }
 
 /**
+ * usort comparison callback
+ *
+ * @param   string  $a first argument to sort 
+ * @param   string  $b second argument to sort 
+ *
+ * @return  integer  a value representing whether $a should be before $b in the
+ *                   sorted array or not
+ *
+ * @global  string   the column the array shall be sorted by
+ * @global  string   the sorting order ('ASC' or 'DESC')
+ *
+ * @access  private
+ */
+function PMA_usort_comparison_callback($a, $b)
+{
+    if ($GLOBALS['cfg']['NaturalOrder']) {
+        $sorter = 'strnatcasecmp';
+    } else {
+        $sorter = 'strcasecmp';
+    }
+    // produces f.e.:
+    // return -1 * strnatcasecmp($a["SCHEMA_TABLES"], $b["SCHEMA_TABLES"])
+    return ($GLOBALS['callback_sort_order'] == 'ASC' ? 1 : -1) * $sorter($a[$GLOBALS['callback_sort_by']], $b[$GLOBALS['callback_sort_by']]);
+} // end of the 'PMA_usort_comparison_callback()' function
+
+/**
  * returns array of all tables in given db or dbs
  * this function expects unquoted names:
  * RIGHT: my_database
@@ -543,23 +569,10 @@
      * (caused by older MySQL < 5 or $GLOBALS['cfg']['NaturalOrder'])
      */
     if ($apply_limit_and_order_manual) {
-
-        /**
-         * first apply ordering
-         */
-        if ($GLOBALS['cfg']['NaturalOrder']) {
-            $sorter = 'strnatcasecmp';
-        } else {
-            $sorter = 'strcasecmp';
-        }
-
-        // produces f.e.:
-        // return -1 * strnatcasecmp($a["SCHEMA_TABLES"], $b["SCHEMA_TABLES"])
-        $sort_function = '
-            return ' . ($sort_order == 'ASC' ? 1 : -1) . ' * ' . $sorter . '($a["' . $sort_by . '"], $b["' . $sort_by . '"]);
-        ';
-
-        usort($databases, create_function('$a, $b', $sort_function));
+        $GLOBALS['callback_sort_order'] = $sort_order;
+        $GLOBALS['callback_sort_by'] = $sort_by;
+        usort($databases, 'PMA_usort_comparison_callback');
+        unset($GLOBALS['callback_sort_order'], $GLOBALS['callback_sort_by']);
 
         /**
          * now apply limit
