Sort strings that contains letters and numbers in PHP

Question

I am pulling through variations(options) of a product. Each variation/option has a different name/code and sometimes it contains a mixture of numbers and letters.

I would like to know if there is a way I can sort this in a neat way.

Please see picture attach of how the variations are currently listed.

Thanks in advance!

Can you post an example of how you want them to be sorted? These look quite right to me — brombeer, Jan 16 '19 at 08:39
This question makes little sense, if you do not state what a “neat way” of sorting these would be by your definition. — misorude, Jan 16 '19 at 08:53

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 16 '19 at 08:44

A sort() can do that for you. Here's an example from the PHP page doing pretty much the same thing you are trying to do:

$fruits = array(
    "Orange1", "orange2", "Orange3", "orange20"
);

sort($fruits, SORT_NATURAL | SORT_FLAG_CASE);

foreach ($fruits as $key => $val) {
    echo "fruits[" . $key . "] = " . $val . "\n";
}

This example will output:

fruits[0] = Orange1
fruits[1] = orange2
fruits[2] = Orange3
fruits[3] = orange20

Sort strings that contains letters and numbers in PHP

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