You can use usort which use yor function to compare the values The syntax is usort($aaray,function) And use this function function cmp($a, $b) { if (strtolower($a) == strtolower($b)) { return 0; } return (strtolower($a) < strtolower($b)) ? -1 : 1; } -----Original Message----- From: hope [mailto:umeed921@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 7:44 AM To: php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: retrieving field names in ascending order Well now i m retrieving results into an array Then i m using sort($myarray) but the problem is that it sorts in this way ( e.g. ABB MBB ZZZ abc def ztt ) i.e it sorts capital letters first n then it sorts the small letters but i want the display to sort in ascending order whether it is capital or smal lettr. i want my output to look like this ( abc ABB def MBB ztt ZZZ ) even if i use parameter sort($myarray, SORT_ASC); doesnt help. Regards hope Bastien Koert wrote: > AFAIK you can't order the > SHOW COLUMNS from TABLE > Yo could pass the results to an array and sort it in the array > Bastien >>From: umeed921@xxxxxxxxx (hope) >>To: php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>Subject: retrieving field names in ascending order >>Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 04:23:31 -0400 >> >> >>hi >> >>how can i retrieve field names from a table(e.g products_attributes) in >>ascending order??? >>i need to display each of the fieldnames alongwith its datatype and length >>on the page. >> >> >>regards hope >> >>-- >>PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >>To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php **************************************************************************** ******** This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer viruses. **************************************************************************** ******** -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php