
Sorting Algorithm

This is a sorting algorithm.   It may be applied to a set of data in order to sort it.    
For comparing various sorts, see compare sorts.  
For other sorting algorithms,   see sorting algorithms,   or:

O(n logn) sorts
Heap sort |
Merge sort |
Patience sort |
Quick sort
O(n log2n) sorts
Shell Sort
O(n2) sorts
Bubble sort |
Cocktail sort |
Cocktail sort with shifting bounds |
Comb sort |
Cycle sort |
Gnome sort |
Insertion sort |
Selection sort |
Strand sort
other sorts
Bead sort |
Bogo sort |
Common sorted list |
Composite structures sort |
Custom comparator sort |
Counting sort |
Disjoint sublist sort |
External sort |
Jort sort |
Lexicographical sort |
Natural sorting |
Order by pair comparisons |
Order disjoint list items |
Order two numerical lists |
Object identifier (OID) sort |
Pancake sort |
Quickselect |
Permutation sort |
Radix sort |
Ranking methods |
Remove duplicate elements |
Sleep sort |
Stooge sort |
[Sort letters of a string] |
Three variable sort |
Topological sort |
Tree sort


Task

Implement a permutation sort, which proceeds by generating the possible permutations
of the input array/list until discovering the sorted one.

Pseudocode:

while not InOrder(list) do
    nextPermutation(list)
done



function inOrder($arr){
	for($i=0;$i<count($arr);$i++){
		if(isset($arr[$i+1])){
			if($arr[$i] > $arr[$i+1]){
				return false;
			}
		}
	}
	return true;
}
 
function permute($items, $perms = array( )) {
    if (empty($items)) {
		if(inOrder($perms)){
			return $perms;
		}
    }  else {
        for ($i = count($items) - 1; $i >= 0; --$i) {
             $newitems = $items;
             $newperms = $perms;
             list($foo) = array_splice($newitems, $i, 1);
             array_unshift($newperms, $foo);
             $res = permute($newitems, $newperms);
			 if($res){
				return $res;
			 }		 		 
         }
    }
}
 
$arr = array( 8, 3, 10, 6, 1, 9, 7, 2, 5, 4);
$arr = permute($arr);
echo implode(',',$arr);