Sorting in PHP


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') { ?>&nbsp;<img src="./s_desc.png"><?php } elseif($sOrderBy == 'fullname DESC') { ?>&nbsp;<img src="./s_asc.png"><?php } ?></td>
<
td class="blackText" style="width:220px" align="center"><b><a style="cursor:pointer;" onclick="ajax_sort('<?php echo($sOrderByEM)?>')">Email</a></b><?php if($sOrderBy == 'email ASC') { ?>&nbsp;<img src="./s_desc.png"><?php } elseif($sOrderBy == 'email DESC') { ?>&nbsp;<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') { ?>&nbsp;<img src="./s_desc.png"><?php } elseif($sOrderBy == 'contact_no DESC') { ?>&nbsp;<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++;

?>

<tr style="background-color:#CCDAD6;">
<
td class="blackText" align="center"><?php echo($i)?></td>
<
td class="blackText"><?php echo($sUserName)?></td>
<
td class="blackText"><?php echo($sEmail)?></td>
<
td class="blackText" align="center"><?php echo($sContact)?></td>
</
tr>
<?php
} ?>
</
table>
</
div>

ajax_sort.js

function ajax_sort(sort_order) {
           http_request = false;
           if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
               http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
               if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
                   // set type accordingly to anticipated content type
                   //http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
                   http_request.overrideMimeType('text/html');
               }
           } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
               try {
                   http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
               } catch (e) {
                   try {
                       http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
                   } catch (e) { }
               }
           }
           if (!http_request) {
               alert('Cannot create XMLHTTP instance');
               return false;
           }

           var url = 'records.php';
           var parameters = 'orderby=' + sort_order;
           http_request.onreadystatechange = ajax_sort_callback;
           http_request.open('POST', url, true);
           http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
           http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-length", parameters.length);
           http_request.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
           http_request.send(parameters);
       }

       function ajax_sort_callback() {
           if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
               if (http_request.status == 200) {
                   result = http_request.responseText;
                   //alert(result);
                   //return false;                                                                                                                                
                   document.getElementById('sorting_rec').innerHTML = result;
               }
               else {
                   alert('There was a problem with the request.');
               }
           }
       }

Running the application

Run the WampServer then write the below line in the Url:

http://localhost/Sorting

Output

sorting1.gif


sorting2.gif

sorting3.gif

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