--TEST-- Bug #25359 (array_multisort() does not work in a function if array is global or reference) --FILE-- <?php function does_not_work() { global $data; // Remove this line to make array_multisort() work $data = array('first', 'fifth', 'second', 'forth', 'third'); $sort = array(1, 5, 2, 4, 3); array_multisort($sort, $data); var_dump($data); } does_not_work(); ?> --EXPECT-- array(5) { [0]=> string(5) "first" [1]=> string(6) "second" [2]=> string(5) "third" [3]=> string(5) "forth" [4]=> string(5) "fifth" }