What are some strategies for calculating and sorting values in PHP without first storing them in the database?

When working with values in PHP that need to be calculated and sorted without storing them in a database, you can use arrays to hold the values, perform calculations on them, and then use built-in PHP functions to sort the values as needed.

// Create an array of values
$values = [5, 10, 3, 8, 2];

// Calculate the sum of the values
$sum = array_sum($values);

// Sort the values in ascending order
sort($values);

// Display the sum and sorted values
echo "Sum: " . $sum . "<br>";
echo "Sorted values: " . implode(", ", $values);