Bubble sort implementation in PHP? [duplicate]

Question

I need to do a bubble sort algorithm in PHP.

I want to know whether any one has any good examples that I can use, or an open source library which can do this.

I have a few spaces in a set (array), i want to fill these spaces with object (a person), so no space can have a male and a female, this why i am trying to find out a bubble sort algorithm.

My plan is to fill in any of the available spaces regardless of the gender, and after that sort them separately.

Thanks.

Answer 1

function bubble_sort($arr) {
    $size = count($arr)-1;
    for ($i=0; $i<$size; $i++) {
        for ($j=0; $j<$size-$i; $j++) {
            $k = $j+1;
            if ($arr[$k] < $arr[$j]) {
                // Swap elements at indices: $j, $k
                list($arr[$j], $arr[$k]) = array($arr[$k], $arr[$j]);
            }
        }
    }
    return $arr;
}

For example:

$arr = array(1,3,2,8,5,7,4,0);

print("Before sorting");
print_r($arr);

$arr = bubble_sort($arr);
print("After sorting by using bubble sort");
print_r($arr);

Answer 2

Using bubble sort is a very bad idea. It has complexity of O(n^2).

You should use php usort, which is actually a merge sort implementation and guaranteed O(n*log(n)) complexity.

A sample code from the PHP Manual -

function cmp( $a, $b ) { 
  if(  $a->weight ==  $b->weight ){ return 0 ; } 
  return ($a->weight < $b->weight) ? -1 : 1;
} 

usort($unsortedObjectArray,'cmp');

Answer 3

$numbers = array(1,3,2,5,2);
$array_size = count($numbers);

echo "Numbers before sort: ";
for ( $i = 0; $i < $array_size; $i++ )
   echo $numbers[$i];
echo "n";

for ( $i = 0; $i < $array_size; $i++ )
{
   for ($j = 0; $j < $array_size; $j++ )
   {
      if ($numbers[$i] < $numbers[$j])
      {
         $temp = $numbers[$i];
         $numbers[$i] = $numbers[$j];
         $numbers[$j] = $temp;
      }
   }
}

echo "Numbers after sort: ";
for( $i = 0; $i < $array_size; $i++ )
   echo $numbers[$i];
echo "n";