strcmp equivelant for integers (intcmp) in PHP

Question

So we got this function in PHP

strcmp(string $1,string $2) // returns -1,0, or 1; 

We Do not however, have an intcmp(); So i created one:

function intcmp($a,$b) {     if((int)$a == (int)$b)return 0;     if((int)$a  > (int)$b)return 1;     if((int)$a  < (int)$b)return -1; } 

This just feels dirty. What do you all think?

this is part of a class to sort Javascripts by an ordering value passed in.

class JS {     // array('order'=>0,'path'=>'/js/somefile.js','attr'=>array());     public $javascripts = array();      ...     public function __toString()     {         uasort($this->javascripts,array($this,'sortScripts'));         return $this->render();     }     private function sortScripts($a,$b)     {         if((int)$a['order'] == (int)$b['order']) return 0;         if((int)$a['order'] > (int)$b['order']) return 1;         if((int)$a['order'] < (int)$b['order']) return -1;     }     .... } 

Answer 1

Sort your data with:

function sortScripts($a, $b) {     return $a['order'] - $b['order']; } 

Use $b-$a if you want the reversed order.

If the numbers in question exceed PHP's integer range, return ($a < $b) ? -1 : (($a > $b) ? 1 : 0) is more robust.

Answer 2

You could use

function intcmp($a,$b)     {     return ($a-$b) ? ($a-$b)/abs($a-$b) : 0;     } 

Although I don't see the point in using this function at all