<?php
/**
* insertion sort
*/
$arr = [3, 44, 38, 5, 47, 15, 36, 26, 27, 2, 46, 4, 19, 50, 48];
$len = count($arr);
for ($j=1; $j < $len; $j++) {
$key = $arr[$j];
$i = $j - 1; // set the first element as sorted
// when current element smaller than before element, set current element with before element
while($i >= 0 and $arr[$i] > $key) {
$arr[$i + 1] = $arr[$i];
$i--;
}
// insert current element
$arr[$i + 1] = $key;
}
print_r($arr);