menuitem as $item)
{
#create array of types only
$types[] = (string)$item->beertype;
#Create arrays of all items
$brewery_array[] = (string)$item->brewery;
$beername_array[] = (string)$item->beername;
$beertype_array[] = (string)$item->beertype;
$beerabv_array[] = (string)$item->ABV;
$beerprice_array[] = (string)$item->price;
}
#sort the full arrays by type and then by brewery
array_multisort($beertype_array, $brewery_array, $beername_array, $beerabv_array, $beerprice_array);
#create an array of unique beer types in the xml
$types = array_unique($types);
#create an array of unique breweries for dropdown menu
$unique_breweries = array_unique($brewery_array);
sort($unique_breweries);
#order alphabetically
sort($types, $sort_flags = SORT_STRING);
?>