How to sort an array considering localization?

Question

I'm trying to sort an array of names alphabetically (Croatian in this case).

How can I get Đani to show up before Derrick?

$names = array(
    "Đani", "Bill", "Dennis", "George", "Derrick"
);

sort($names);

print_r($names);

possible duplicate of Natural sorting algorithm in PHP with support for Unicode? — John Conde
– John Conde, Commented Apr 22, 2012 at 23:49

Mark Reed · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-22 23:49:58Z

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You need to set the locale appropriately, probably like this:

setlocale(LC_ALL, 'hr_HR');

And then tell sort to honor the locale:

sort($names,SORT_LOCALE_STRING);

answered Apr 22, 2012 at 23:49

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Niet the Dark Absol Over a year ago

Damnit, you posted the exact same answer as me, but I just took a while to find the locale code for Croatia. +1

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 10:24:27Z

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If you can, you can import them into a MySQL table and use the ORDER BY clause to sort, provided you set the right collation for the database/table.

I am sure that there are simpler solutions not requiring a RDMS though.

Take a look to that question as well: Natural sorting algorithm in PHP with support for Unicode?

edited May 23, 2017 at 10:24

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answered Apr 22, 2012 at 23:47

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thv20 Over a year ago

This was my first port of call, but my host is running mYSQL 5.1 which does not support Croatian collation. So SORT BY is effectively broken. I believe this was fixed in 5.6.

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