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title: "JavaScript strcoll function"
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A JavaScript equivalent of PHP's strcoll

{% codeblock strings/strcoll.js lang:js https://raw.github.com/kvz/phpjs/master/functions/strings/strcoll.js raw on github %}
function strcoll (str1, str2) {
  // From: http://phpjs.org/functions
  // +   original by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
  // +   improved by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
  // -    depends on: setlocale
  // *     example 1: strcoll('a', 'b');
  // *     returns 1: -1
  this.setlocale('LC_ALL', 0); // ensure setup of localization variables takes place
  var cmp = this.php_js.locales[this.php_js.localeCategories.LC_COLLATE].LC_COLLATE;
  // return str1.localeCompare(str2); // We don't use this as it doesn't allow us to control it via setlocale()
  return cmp(str1, str2);
}
{% endcodeblock %}

 - [Raw function on GitHub](https://github.com/kvz/phpjs/blob/master/functions/strings/strcoll.js)

Please note that php.js uses JavaScript objects as substitutes for PHP arrays, they are 
the closest match to this hashtable-like data structure. 

Please also note that php.js offers community built functions and goes by the 
[McDonald's Theory](https://medium.com/what-i-learned-building/9216e1c9da7d). We'll put online 
functions that are far from perfect, in the hopes to spark better contributions. 
Do you have one? Then please just: 

 - [Edit on GitHub](https://github.com/kvz/phpjs/edit/master/functions/strings/strcoll.js)

### Example 1
This code
{% codeblock lang:js example %}
strcoll('a', 'b');
{% endcodeblock %}

Should return
{% codeblock lang:js returns %}
-1
{% endcodeblock %}


### Other PHP functions in the strings extension
{% render_partial _includes/custom/strings.html %}