<!-- Collection of code snippets by Arne Vajhøj -->
<!-- (likely posted to comp.os.vms/INFO-VAX, INFO-TPU, MACRO32, eksperten.dk, newz.dk, LinkedIn or other place sometime between 1990 and now) -->
<?php

$a = array("apple", "&aelig;", "banana", "æ", "ø", "å");

echo "plain:\r\n";
sort($a);
foreach($a as $a1) {
	echo "  $a1\r\n";
}
echo "real:\r\n";
$col = new Collator('da_DK');
usort($a, function($e1,$e2) use($col) { return $col->compare(html_entity_decode($e1), html_entity_decode($e2)); } );
foreach($a as $a1) {
	echo "  $a1\r\n";
}

?>