Re: array "sort()" question, weird php behavior ?

The results you get is correct, given PHP's type conversion rules:

When comparing a boolean to a number, PHP converts the number to a
boolean. -1 becomes true. The order of elements with the same value
after a quicksort is undefine, hence true could come before -1.

When comparing a number to a string, PHP converts the string to a
number. "test" becomes 0, which is bigger than -1 and less than 30.

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