PHP's natcasesort in JavaScript

How to use

You you can install via yarn add locutus and require this function via const natcasesort = require('locutus/php/array/natcasesort').

It is important to use a bundler that supports tree-shaking so that you only ship the functions that you actually use to your browser, instead of all of Locutus, which is massive. Examples are: Parcel, webpack, or rollup.js. For server-side use this is typically less of a concern.

Examples

Please note that these examples are distilled from test cases that automatically verify our functions still work correctly. This could explain some quirky ones.

#	code	expected result
1	var $array1 = {a:'IMG0.png', b:'img12.png', c:'img10.png', d:'img2.png', e:'img1.png', f:'IMG3.png'} natcasesort($array1) var $result = $array1	{a: 'IMG0.png', e: 'img1.png', d: 'img2.png', f: 'IMG3.png', c: 'img10.png', b: 'img12.png'}

PHP arrays and JavaScript

Please note that Locutus uses JavaScript objects as substitutes for PHP arrays, they are the closest we can get to this hashtable-like data structure without rolling our own. While many JavaScript implementations preserve the order of object properties, the ECMAScript Language Specification explicitly states that:

The mechanics and order of enumerating the properties is not specified.

So don't use this for anything serious if you rely on the order to be consistent accross platforms.

To influence how Locutus treats objects to arrays, you can check out the `locutus.objectsAsArrays` setting.

Notes

• This function deviates from PHP in returning a copy of the array instead of acting by reference and returning true; this was necessary because IE does not allow deleting and re-adding of properties without caching of property position; you can set the ini of “locutus.sortByReference” to true to get the PHP behavior, but use this only if you are in an environment such as Firefox extensions where for-in iteration order is fixed and true property deletion is supported. Note that we intend to implement the PHP behavior by default if IE ever does allow it; only gives shallow copy since is by reference in PHP anyways We cannot use numbers as keys and have them be reordered since they adhere to numerical order in some implementations

Here’s what our current JavaScript equivalent to PHP's natcasesort looks like.

module.exports = function natcasesort(inputArr) {
  //  discuss at: https://locutus.io/php/natcasesort/
  // original by: Brett Zamir (https://brett-zamir.me)
  // improved by: Brett Zamir (https://brett-zamir.me)
  // improved by: Theriault (https://github.com/Theriault)
  //      note 1: This function deviates from PHP in returning a copy of the array instead
  //      note 1: of acting by reference and returning true; this was necessary because
  //      note 1: IE does not allow deleting and re-adding of properties without caching
  //      note 1: of property position; you can set the ini of "locutus.sortByReference" to true to
  //      note 1: get the PHP behavior, but use this only if you are in an environment
  //      note 1: such as Firefox extensions where for-in iteration order is fixed and true
  //      note 1: property deletion is supported. Note that we intend to implement the PHP
  //      note 1: behavior by default if IE ever does allow it; only gives shallow copy since
  //      note 1: is by reference in PHP anyways
  //      note 1: We cannot use numbers as keys and have them be reordered since they
  //      note 1: adhere to numerical order in some implementations
  //   example 1: var $array1 = {a:'IMG0.png', b:'img12.png', c:'img10.png', d:'img2.png', e:'img1.png', f:'IMG3.png'}
  //   example 1: natcasesort($array1)
  //   example 1: var $result = $array1
  //   returns 1: {a: 'IMG0.png', e: 'img1.png', d: 'img2.png', f: 'IMG3.png', c: 'img10.png', b: 'img12.png'}

  const strnatcasecmp = require('../strings/strnatcasecmp')
  const valArr = []
  let k
  let i
  let sortByReference = false
  let populateArr = {}

  const iniVal =
    (typeof require !== 'undefined' ? require('../info/ini_get')('locutus.sortByReference') : undefined) || 'on'
  sortByReference = iniVal === 'on'
  populateArr = sortByReference ? inputArr : populateArr

  // Get key and value arrays
  for (k in inputArr) {
    if (inputArr.hasOwnProperty(k)) {
      valArr.push([k, inputArr[k]])
      if (sortByReference) {
        delete inputArr[k]
      }
    }
  }
  valArr.sort(function (a, b) {
    return strnatcasecmp(a[1], b[1])
  })

  // Repopulate the old array
  for (i = 0; i < valArr.length; i++) {
    populateArr[valArr[i][0]] = valArr[i][1]
  }

  return sortByReference || populateArr
}

A community effort

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