From: darrenoh at sidepotsinternational dot com Operating system: OS X PHP version: 4.4.7 PHP Bug Type: Arrays related Bug description: array_multisort has no effect on static variables
Description: ------------ array_multisort() will not sort static variables. Reproduce code: --------------- function sort_test() { static $data = NULL; if (!isset($data)) { $data[] = array('volume' => 67, 'edition' => 2); $data[] = array('volume' => 86, 'edition' => 1); $data[] = array('volume' => 85, 'edition' => 6); $data[] = array('volume' => 98, 'edition' => 2); $data[] = array('volume' => 86, 'edition' => 6); $data[] = array('volume' => 67, 'edition' => 7); foreach ($data as $key => $row) { $volume[$key] = $row['volume']; $edition[$key] = $row['edition']; } array_multisort($volume, SORT_DESC, $edition, SORT_ASC, $data); } return $data; } Expected result: ---------------- array( 0 => array('volume' => 98, 'edition' => 2), 1 => array('volume' => 86, 'edition' => 1), 2 => array('volume' => 86, 'edition' => 6), 3 => array('volume' => 85, 'edition' => 6), 4 => array('volume' => 67, 'edition' => 7), 5 => array('volume' => 67, 'edition' => 2), ) Actual result: -------------- array( 0 => array('volume' => 67, 'edition' => 2), 1 => array('volume' => 86, 'edition' => 1), 2 => array('volume' => 85, 'edition' => 6), 3 => array('volume' => 98, 'edition' => 2), 4 => array('volume' => 86, 'edition' => 6), 5 => array('volume' => 67, 'edition' => 7), ) -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=43091&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43091&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43091&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43091&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43091&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43091&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43091&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43091&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43091&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43091&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43091&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43091&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43091&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43091&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43091&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43091&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43091&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43091&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43091&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43091&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43091&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43091&r=mysqlcfg