Ticket #3108 (closed defect (bug): fixed)
case insensitive array sorting
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| Priority: | lowest | Milestone: | |
| Component: | Administration | Version: | 2.0.4 |
| Severity: | trivial | Keywords: | has-patch |
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Description
Several arrays are sorted using ksort before being displayed in the admin section, examples include Plugins and Users & Authors.
ksort is a case sensitive method and as such all capitilised entries rank higher than non-capitalised entires.
Perhaps using:
uksort($myArray, "strnatcasecmp");
would allow all entires to be displayed aplhabetically.
I've tried this amendment in wp-admin/users.php and it worked for me.
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comment:1
masquerade — 5 years ago
natcasesort doesn't work in wp-admin.user.php At line 375 there is a foreach statement as follows foreach($roleclasses as $role => $roleclass) {
ksort($roleclass); current code uksort($roleclass, "strnatcasecmp"); list of names appear in alphabetical order irrespective of case natcasesort($roleclass); list appears in a very unusual order that I'm at a loss to explain
Sorry about the above post it's been scrambled somewhat!
natcasesort doesn't work on my test installtion of version 2.1
ksort works but lists entires that are capitalised followed by those that are lower case.
uksort works as expected - all entires in one single a-z
natcasesort lists all entires but in an order that I cannot find an explanation for - and it certainly isn't a-z!
- Keywords has-patch added
Created a patch based on the given suggestions.
comment:6
markjaquith — 5 years ago
- Status changed from new to closed
- Resolution set to fixed
comment:7
markjaquith — 5 years ago
comment:8
Viper007Bond — 5 years ago
Fuckin' yey! :D
The very first ticket I ever made (over a year ago) was on this subject. Even turned it into a plugin since people said "no way!" to my ticket. 'Bout time it finally got fixed. :)
comment:9
Viper007Bond — 5 years ago
- Status changed from closed to reopened
- Resolution fixed deleted
Tsk tsk, not fixed. I have 3 plugins on my SVN plugins page and they are listed in this order:
Akismet Hello Dolly Example Login Form Plugin
Source for my plugin if it matters.
comment:10
Viper007Bond — 5 years ago
- Status changed from reopened to closed
- Resolution set to fixed
Disregard. My first comment was before testing and my 2nd was before I realized that this was just better filename sorting. I really shouldn't look at code while so tired. :(
Although it would be nice to get true alphabetical plugins...
comment:11
markjaquith — 5 years ago
Yeah, patch actually didn't address plugin sorting... but this next commit will.
The code to sort by plugin NAME (rather than filename) is in WP, but it's using the wrong function (uksort() instead of uasort()), so it won't work.
What's going to kill you is that plugin of yours will be made obsolete by a ONE CHARACTER CHANGE in WordPress core. :-D


Why not natcasesort()?