Re: Sorting problem

On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 17:06:50 -0600, you wrote: >I need to sort an array and have the key 'follow' the value. I know I could >splice a string, sort it, then split it again but what a pain. Is there a >simpler way? AFAIK, there's no one-liner answer here. the usort() family of functions pass either the key or the value, but never both. I think you'll have to write this up yourself... depending on your data, you may find that ksort() will get it 95% in-place, and a quick custom bubble sort will get you the rest of the way. Or you could just code up your own quicksort. Alternatively, if you tweaked your data so it was a numerically-ordered array of arrays, eg array(array('key','value'),array('key','value'),array('key','value')) instead of array('key'=>'value','key'=>'value','key'=>'value') then usort() would become a useful solution. BTW, what's the data source? If it's coming from a SQL query, you can sort the data on the way in and solve the problem that way.