Re: Sorting an array
| From: | Robert Cummings | Date: | Wed, 02 Jun 2004 17:07:45 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Sorting an array | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
| Request: | Send a blank email to php-general+get-187464@lists.php.net to get a copy of this message | ||
On Wed, 2004-06-02 at 12:59, John Nichel wrote:
> Okay, I know someone is going to shoot me for asking such a dumb
> question, but I just can't seem to find the answer anywhere. I have a
> multidimensional array which I would like to sort on the value of one of
> the keys...
>
> Array
> (
> [0] => Array
> (
> [foo] => blah
> [bar] => blah
> [sort] => 5
> )
> [1] => Array
> (
> [foo] => blah
> [bar] => blah
> [sort] => 2
> )
> [2] => Array
> (
> [foo] => blah
> [bar] => blah
> [sort] => 4
> )
> [3] => Array
> (
> [foo] => blah
> [bar] => blah
> [sort] => 3
> )
> [4] => Array
> (
> [foo] => blah
> [bar] => blah
> [sort] => 1
> )
> )
>
> What I would like to do is sort this on the value of 'sort' in each
> sub-array. What am I missing???? TIA
usort( $theAboveArray, 'mySortHandler' );
function mySortHandler( $v1, $v2 )
{
if( $v1['sort'] > $v2['sort'] )
{
return 1;
}
else
if( $v1['sort'] < $v2['sort'] )
{
return -1;
}
return 0;
}
Cheers,
Rob.
--
.------------------------------------------------------------.
| InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com
|
:------------------------------------------------------------:
| An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting |
| a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services |
| such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn |
| also provides an extremely flexible architecture for |
| creating re-usable components quickly and easily. |
`------------------------------------------------------------'