File: dbx-sort.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<!-- $Revision: 1.5 $ -->
<!-- splitted from ./en/functions/dbx.xml, last change in rev 1.3 -->
  <refentry id="function.dbx-sort">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>dbx_sort</refname>
    <refpurpose>
     Sort a result from a dbx_query by a custom sort function
    </refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
     <methodsynopsis>
      <type>bool</type><methodname>dbx_sort</methodname>
      <methodparam><type>object</type><parameter>result</parameter></methodparam>
      <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>user_compare_function</parameter></methodparam>
     </methodsynopsis>
    <para>
     &return.success;
    </para>
    <note>
     <simpara>
      It is always better to use <literal>ORDER BY</literal>
      <literal>SQL</literal> clause instead of <function>dbx_sort</function>,
      if possible.
     </simpara>
    </note>
    <example>
     <title><function>dbx_sort</function> example</title>
     <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
function user_re_order($a, $b) 
{
    $rv = dbx_compare($a, $b, "parentid", DBX_CMP_DESC);
    if (!$rv) {
        $rv = dbx_compare($a, $b, "id", DBX_CMP_NUMBER);
    }
    return $rv;
}

$link   = dbx_connect(DBX_ODBC, "", "db", "username", "password")
    or die("Could not connect");

$result = dbx_query($link, "SELECT id, parentid, description FROM tbl ORDER BY id");
    // data in $result is now ordered by id

dbx_sort($result, "user_re_order");
    // data in $result is now ordered by parentid (descending), then by id

dbx_close($link);
?>
]]>
     </programlisting>
    </example>
    <para>
     See also <function>dbx_compare</function>.
    </para>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

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