RE: [PHP] Need some help with array sorting

Thanks Timo I figured if it was do-able it would be something like uasort, or uksort or one of those, but my geek muscles arent quite up to that sort of flex yet - any one mind giving me some clues as to how to get started using these functions - the manual gets pretty vague in this area? Thanks Will > -----Original Message----- > From: t.stamm@web.de [mailto:t.stamm@web.de] > Sent: 13 September 2002 08:41 AM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Cc: timo stamm; Will Steffen > Subject: Re: [PHP] Need some help with array sorting > > > Hi Will, > > > You need a customized sort. Have a look at uasort(). > > > Timo > > > Am Donnerstag den, 12. September 2002, um 13:32, schrieb Will Steffen: > > > Ahem *tap* *tap* is this thing on? > > > > Hi everyone, my name is Will and I've been addicted to php for 3 > > months and 21 days... *grin* > > > > I'm hitting a bit of a brick wall in a current project - > the answer is > > probably quite simple, but I'm still newish to php and coding in > > general so bear with me: > > > > I have a multidim array which looks something like : > > > > $blocks[0] = array("param1"=>"4","param2"=>"some > > other param") > > $blocks[1] = array("param1"=>"3","param2"=>"some > > other param") > > $blocks[2] = array("param1"=>"6","param2"=>"some > > other param") > > > > And so forth > > > > Fairly straight forward you say, my problem is that elements can be > > inserted into the blocks array in no particular order and I need to > > sort at the top level using the values in param1 - so my > output should > > be: > > > > $sorted_blocks[0] = > > array("param1"=>"3","param2"=>"some > other param") > > $sorted_blocks[1] = > > array("param1"=>"4","param2"=>"some > other param") > > $sorted_blocks[2] = > > array("param1"=>"6","param2"=>"some > other param") > > > > I've had a long hard look at the manual and all those obscure array > > manipulation goodies (ksort, multisort, etc) and done some > hunting on > > phpbuilder and the like, but turned up zip - either I'm not > > understanding the array functions properly, or this can't > be done, or > > there's a nifty trick for doing it which I havent figured out? > > > > Ideally I'd like to be populating blocks using an sql query > so I could > > do an order by or some such upfront, but this world is anything but > > ideal. > > > > Any1 got 2c for me? > > > > > > Thanks in advance > > Will > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > >