In PHP specifically, no clue.
Using Perl, something like so (and this assumes a 1:1 mapping on
titles/ids):
my $get_art_list = $sql->prepare(<<"eosql");
SELECT title, id
FROM table
eosql
$get_art_list->execute;
my %articles;
while (my $art = $get_art_list->fetchrow_hashref) {
$articles{$art->{'title'}} = $articles->{$art->{'id'};}
my @ordered = map {$articles{$_}} sort map
{/^((a)|(an)|(the))\s+(.*)/?$3:$_} keys %articles;
# you now have @ordered, which has key ids in order the way you want them.
Dodger
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From: "Bin Zhang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 5:20 AM
Subject: Sorting w/ leading articles ignored
> Can this be done? What I want is to generate a list of journal sorted by
> the titles, ignoring the leading articles (the, a, an, etc.). If there is
> no SQL statement for this, How could I do this w/ DBI or PHP? I am using
> mysql 3.23.40 on Solaris 7. Thanks for any advise.
>
> Bin
>
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