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+<?PHP
+/**
+ * Provides basic helper functions for sorting.
+ */
+declare(strict_types = 1);
+
+/**
+ * Standard class providing basic helper functions for sorting.
+ */
+final class MD_STD_SORT {
+    /**
+     * Provides a function usable by usort that sorts first by string occurence,
+     * then by a similarity as provided by an outside array.
+     *
+     * @param string $nameIndex   Index of the name column.
+     * @param string $searchValue Value to search for.
+     * @param string $sortIndex   Index to sort by in case the name index didn't return a hit.
+     *
+     * @return closure
+     */
+    public static function sort_by_string_occurence_and_int(string $nameIndex, string $searchValue, string $sortIndex):closure {
+
+        return function (array $a, array $b) use ($nameIndex, $searchValue, $sortIndex) {
+
+            if ($a == $b) {
+                return 0;
+            }
+
+            if ($a[$nameIndex] === $searchValue) return -1;
+            if ($b[$nameIndex] === $searchValue) return 1;
+
+            if (stripos($a[$nameIndex], $searchValue) !== false) return -1;
+            if (stripos($b[$nameIndex], $searchValue) !== false) return 1;
+
+            return $a[$sortIndex] > $b[$sortIndex] ? -1 : 1;
+        };
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Provides a function usable by usort that sorts first by string occurence,
+     * then by an integer value provided in another part of the array.
+     *
+     * @param string               $nameIndex   Index of the name column.
+     * @param string               $searchValue Value to search for.
+     * @param array<integer|float> $extSortBy   External list to sort by, e.g.
+     *                                          similarities as per levinsthein.
+     * @param string               $sortIndex   Index to sort by in case the name
+     *                                          index didn't return a hit.
+     *
+     *
+     * @return closure
+     */
+    public static function sort_by_string_occurence_and_ext_sort_index(string $nameIndex, string $searchValue, array $extSortBy, string $sortIndex):closure {
+
+        return function (array $a, array $b) use ($nameIndex, $searchValue, $extSortBy, $sortIndex) {
+
+            if ($a == $b) {
+                return 0;
+            }
+
+            if ($a[$nameIndex] === $searchValue) return -1;
+            if ($b[$nameIndex] === $searchValue) return 1;
+
+            if (stripos($a[$nameIndex], $searchValue) !== false) return -1;
+            if (stripos($b[$nameIndex], $searchValue) !== false) return 1;
+
+            return $extSortBy[$a[$sortIndex]] > $extSortBy[$b[$sortIndex]] ? -1 : 1;
+        };
+
+    }
+}