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Name

krsort — Sorts an array in descending order by key.

Synopsis

bool krsort(array[, flag]); array array: Array to be sorted int flag (optional): Flag specifying how to compare key values (PHP 4.0.0+ only)

Returns

TRUE on success; NULL on failure

Description

This function sorts array in descending order by key. array is directly modified.

(PHP 4.0.0+ only) The way in which element values are compared can be modified by passing one of the following named constants as flag :

SORT_REGULAR: Compare element keys according to PHP's normal comparison rules. This is the default if flag is not given.
SORT_NUMERIC: Compare element keys according to their numeric values.
SORT_STRING: Compare element keys according to their string values.

Version

PHP 3 since 3.0.13, PHP 4 since 4.0b4

Example

Example 49. Sort an array in reverse order by key

$array = array(2 => 1, '3' => 2, 1 => 3, 4 => 4);
krsort($array);
print_r($array);

Output:
Array
(
    [4] => 4
    [3] => 2
    [2] => 1
    [1] => 3
)

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