Fix #7622: Allow yii\data\ArrayDataProvider to control the sort flags for sortModels through yii\data\Sort::sortFlags property

framework/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 - Bug #17843: Fix `yii\web\Session::setCookieParamsInternal` check param "samesite" (schevgeny)
 - Bug #17828: Fix `yii\web\UploadedFile::saveAs()` failing when error value in `$_FILES` entry is a string (haveyaseen)
 - Bug #17829: `yii\helpers\ArrayHelper::filter` now correctly filters data when passing a filter with more than 2 levels (rhertogh)
+- Enh #7622: Allow `yii\data\ArrayDataProvider` to control the sort flags for `sortModels` through `yii\data\Sort::sortFlags` property (askobara)
 
 
 2.0.32 January 21, 2020

framework/data/ArrayDataProvider.php

@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class ArrayDataProvider extends BaseDataProvider
     {
         $orders = $sort->getOrders();
         if (!empty($orders)) {
-            ArrayHelper::multisort($models, array_keys($orders), array_values($orders));
+            ArrayHelper::multisort($models, array_keys($orders), array_values($orders), $sort->sortFlags);
         }
 
         return $models;

framework/data/Sort.php

@@ -186,6 +186,12 @@ class Sort extends BaseObject
      */
     public $urlManager;
 
+    /**
+     * @var int Allow to control a value of the fourth parameter which will be
+     * passed to [[ArrayHelper::multisort()]]
+     * @since 2.0.33
+     */
+    public $sortFlags = SORT_REGULAR;
 
     /**
      * Normalizes the [[attributes]] property.