Sorting in PHP

Satyapriya Nayak
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In this article we will learn how to do Sorting in PHP using AJAX. The connection between PHP and the MySQL database is done in the config.php file.

Table creation

-- phpMyAdmin SQL Dump
-- version 2.11.4
-- http://www.phpmyadmin.net
-- Host: localhost
-- Generation Time: Nov 22, 2008 at 03:06 AM
-- Server version: 5.0.51
-- PHP Version: 5.2.5

SET SQL_MODE="NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO";

-- Database: `home_work`
-- Table structure for table `user_info`

CREATE TABLE `user_info`

(

`id_user_info` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`fullname` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
`email` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
`contact_no` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
PRIMARY KEY (`id_user_info`)

)

TYPE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=24 ;

-- Dumping data for table `user_info`

INSERT INTO `user_info` VALUES (1, 'John Smith', '[email protected]', '98675410181');
INSERT INTO `user_info` VALUES (2, 'Micheal Doughlas', '[email protected]', '98675410131');
INSERT INTO `user_info` VALUES (3, 'Mary Anderson', '[email protected]', '91675433181');
INSERT INTO `user_info` VALUES (4, 'James McCarthy', '[email protected]', '98675550131');
INSERT INTO `user_info` VALUES (5, 'Rosalind Holmes', '[email protected]', '94675433181');
INSERT INTO `user_info` VALUES (6, 'Pete McCuin', '[email protected]', '98475550131');
INSERT INTO `user_info` VALUES (7, 'Nicolas Finh', '[email protected]', '98675410181');
INSERT INTO `user_info` VALUES (8, 'Tommy Lee', '[email protected]', '98675710131');
INSERT INTO `user_info` VALUES (9, 'Sujoku Jim', '[email protected]', '91675433181');
INSERT INTO `user_info` VALUES (10, 'James Hull', '[email protected]', '98655550131');
INSERT INTO `user_info` VALUES (11, 'Sherly Peters', '[email protected]', '94675433181');
INSERT INTO `user_info` VALUES (12, 'Abraham Holder', '[email protected]', '98400550131');
INSERT INTO `user_info` VALUES (13, 'Pete Sampras', '[email protected]', '98600010132');
INSERT INTO `user_info` VALUES (14, 'Kirk Doughlas', '[email protected]', '98675410144');
INSERT INTO `user_info` VALUES (15, 'Dorothy James', '[email protected]', '91675433165');
INSERT INTO `user_info` VALUES (16, 'Sebastian Urchin', '[email protected]', '98675550197');
INSERT INTO `user_info` VALUES (17, 'Tabitha Gregory Golmes', '[email protected]', '94675433133');
INSERT INTO `user_info` VALUES (18, 'Albert Einstien', '[email protected]', '98475550144');
INSERT INTO `user_info` VALUES (19, 'Yasser Arafat', '[email protected]', '98675410155');
INSERT INTO `user_info` VALUES (20, 'Bruce Lee', '[email protected]', '98675710166');
INSERT INTO `user_info` VALUES (21, 'Johny Depp', '[email protected]', '91675433171');
INSERT INTO `user_info` VALUES (22, 'Celina Jaitly', '[email protected]', '98655550199');
INSERT INTO `user_info` VALUES (23, 'Leander Peas', '[email protected]', '94675433100');

config.php

<?php
$DBHOST = "localhost";
$DBNAME = "home_work";
$DBUSER = "root";
$sLink = mysql_connect($DBHOST,$DBUSER,'') or die('Connection with MySql Server failed');
mysql_select_db($DBNAME, $sLink) or die('MySql DB was not found');
?>

Sorting.php

<?php
include('./config.php');
?>
<html>
<head>
<title>User Information</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="./ajax_sort.js"></script>
<style type="text/css">
.blackText{
font-weight:normal;
font-size:11.5px;
font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#000000;
font-style:normal;
}
.grayText{
font-weight:normal;
font-size:11px;
font-style:normal;
font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#333333;
}
.errText{
font-weight:italic;
font-size:10.5px;
font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
color:red;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<?php include('./records.php');?>
</body>
</html>

records.php

<?php
if($_POST['orderby'])
{
include('./config.php');
$sOrderBy = $_POST['orderby'];
}
else
$sOrderBy = "id_user_info ASC"
$sSelQry = "SELECT * FROM user_info ORDER BY $sOrderBy";
$aUserInfo = mysql_query($sSelQry);

//===============================

if ($sOrderBy == 'fullname ASC')
$sOrderByFN = 'fullname DESC';
else
$sOrderByFN = 'fullname ASC';

//===============================

if ($sOrderBy == 'email ASC')
$sOrderByEM = 'email DESC';
else
$sOrderByEM = 'email ASC';

//===============================

if ($sOrderBy == 'contact_no ASC')
$sOrderByCN = 'contact_no DESC';
else
$sOrderByCN = 'contact_no ASC';

//===============================

?>
<div id="sorting_rec">
<table cellspacing="1" style="border: 1px solid #000000; width:550px;" align="center">
<tr style="background-color:#70988D">
<td class="blackText" style="width:60px" align="center"><b>Sl. No.</b></td>
<td class="blackText" style="width:150px" align="center"><b><a style="cursor:pointer;" onclick="ajax_sort('<?php echo($sOrderByFN)?>')">Fullname</a></b><?php if($sOrderBy == 'fullname ASC') { ?> <img src="./s_desc.png"><?php } elseif($sOrderBy == 'fullname DESC') { ?> <img src="./s_asc.png"><?php } ?></td>
<td class="blackText" style="width:220px" align="center"><b><a style="cursor:pointer;" onclick="ajax_sort('<?php echo($sOrderByEM)?>')">Email</a></b><?php if($sOrderBy == 'email ASC') { ?> <img src="./s_desc.png"><?php } elseif($sOrderBy == 'email DESC') { ?> <img src="./s_asc.png"><?php } ?></td>
<td class="blackText" style="width:120px" align="center"><b><a style="cursor:pointer;" onclick="ajax_sort('<?php echo($sOrderByCN)?>')">Contact No</a></b><?php if($sOrderBy == 'contact_no ASC') { ?> <img src="./s_desc.png"><?php } elseif($sOrderBy == 'contact_no DESC') { ?> <img src="./s_asc.png"><?php } ?></td>
</tr>
<?php
$i = 0;

while($aUserInfoRS = mysql_fetch_array($aUserInfo)) {
$sUserName = $aUserInfoRS['fullname'];
$sEmail = $aUserInfoRS['email'];
$sContact = $aUserInfoRS['contact_no'];
$i++;
?>